MOUNT RAINIER | Ice Climbing the Kautz and Descending the Disappointment Cleaver

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We returned to Mount Rainier for a second time on the more challenging Kautz Route. This route ascends from paradise on the southern side to Ice Climb the Kautz Ice Chutes, which were rated WI-2 as of late June, 2023. It was our first experience with glacier travel as a party of two, and it definitely it was a bit nerve-wracking. On the final 700 feet on the upper Nisqually we got hit hard by altitude and fatigue, but pushed on to the summit. Between the rough night before and the extra pack weight, this experience was 100% type II fun.
0:00 Intro + Route Overview
0:43 Nisqually Glacier Crossing
2:56 Camp Hazard
6:09 Kautz Ice Chutes
8:14 Upper Nisqually
9:30 Summit
10:57 DC Route Down
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16 июл 2024

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Комментарии : 22

@RonaldChapmanII 23 дня назад

Well done! Great video.

@zztop4996 4 месяца назад

This was great. I liked it a lot. Loved it that you guys showed us what it was like coming down. NO climbing vids ever do that!

@timferreira2518 Год назад

Damn son, you wild!

@seamus.dolan98 11 месяцев назад

Nice man, I summitted in a whiteout and hurricane winds back in May, you guy's won the weather lottery

@willindsey 10 месяцев назад

That sounds intense! We're the winds whipping the whole time or did it hit on the upper nysqually? Thanks it was pretty mint

@ButeoAlbonotatus 10 месяцев назад

Nice push and a very good video presentation of the route. I did the Kautz 3 years ago in early July in excellent weather. Fun times!

@willindsey 10 месяцев назад

Thanks! That's great that you did the route. How was the ice in July?

@ButeoAlbonotatus 10 месяцев назад

@@willindsey It was a couple of weeks after the infamous 2021 heat dome that cooked Western WA in late June (so I guess it was 2 years ago, not 3). We were still in a pretty significant heat wave when we went up, and the hot conditions left the Kautz chute pretty much bare ice all the way up. I was surprised how little "dinner plating" there was. We didn't have to fight the ice too much - it was pretty easy to get a good stick, even if you had to strike a couple of times. I think there's normally a fair amount more snow at that time of summer most years.

@Islandmidfielder 3 месяца назад

You fellows make it look like easy… strong work! Way to crush it!

@allan6344 3 месяца назад

I took a couple of friends from work up the Kautz in 1980 when it was still mostly hard snow and only a ten foot step of ice. Even crossing the Nisqually was trivial. The original Camp (Joe) Hazard was still in use. It's a much different route now. I wished I had done Liberty too.