My first attempt was when I was 19, we made it to camp Muir and stayed the night, but bailed the second day due to altitude sickness in one partner and gear failure for another. I’ve practiced crevasse rescue and have much of the needed gear, fitness and partner selection are another big focus of mine. This video helped me think of the other factors, and gave me alot of hope for my teams second attempt.
My husband was in Tacoma Mountain Rescue for 25 years. He is 76 and has not climbed in a while but has taken many people up the mountain all long before you all were born of course.
Very good video, great editing. New sub. Started mountaineering last weekend with St. Helens, love it and hope to be ready to climb Rainer this coming summer, gonna hit the mountains hard before then.
Great job editing, narrating, music/sound effects, etc. Really nice quality work. I served as the 'guide' on Rainier's DC route for 3 newbies nearly 30 years ago, after failing my first time up with AMS and weather issues. Congratulations!
I remember lying in the snow unable to move shattered hip shattered pelvis broke right shoulder broken 10 broken ribs left side bruised femer bruised lungs severe hypothermia. 60 second walk to my truck took hours, I then laid under exhaust pipe to thaw out, I then somehow managed to climb in my truck and call for my own medivac. Brutal and agonizing day yet my greatest victory ever.
I am moving to Oregon next spring, I have a bouldering and backcountry hiking/hunting experience when I lived in Alaska. I’ve never tried mountaineering, but your channel has slowly chipped away at that, I definitely want to train and start small but eventually would love to climb Rainier. Great video!
Me and my buddy just started to dip our toes into mountaineering, we started small with Mt. Saint Helens last weekend. It really feels like a different planet up there.
Very informative video, thank you for sharing! Are there any tour guided companies you would recommend for winter expedition? I can only find 4-5 days tour and for bigger groups not much for single. Any recommendations are greatly appreciated:)
After finishing university, I want to climb Mount Rainier but I have very little climbing experience. I’ve done Colorado’s incline and Zion national park angels Landing. But those aren’t really mountains. I live in Texas. Does anyone have any tips? Thank you.
Nobody had summited before that day. We would have had to find our own way up through the Ingraham glacier alone which we weren't comfortable doing. That good weather morning allowed someone else to blaze the trail.
Very nice. I have only been able to get to DC. It's amazing up there. I hope to summit this time. My brother introduced rainier to me and after hiking up to Muir i felt in love with the mountain.
@@OurMillionAdventures also, congratulations on your summit. Pretty frickin cool. You guys are mad lads. First time I went up, I didn’t make it to the summit because I thought that Columbia crest was on my side of the route instead of across the crater 😂 so not tryna be an ass
This entire video lost credibility when you misidentified Mount Hood. It's not that misidentifying mountains is necessarily egregious, but it's unacceptable when Baker is in the complete opposite direction. People, do not take Rainier climbing advice from someone that can't properly identify the PNW stratos.
I don't know that one is easier. Later in the year the trail is more defined but there are more open crevasses and potentially ladders to cross on the upper mountain. Earlier there's more chance of avalanches and having to find the route yourself.
Yes, I’d imagine that the success rate would only be only 50% you’re not a climber, let’s forget about the guided or unguided theory, let's talk experience and ability first and foremost
Experience and ability don't necessarily mean success. I saw plenty of experts turn around on my first year's attempt. The 50% is straight off the park's website. The Guided success percentage is only slightly higher at 60%.
