BASE CAMP 4800'
My climbing assault on Mt Rainier ended as my head smacked into the cloud base ( and the end of the plowed road ) at Paradise, elevation 5400'. The drive was like being in a black and white movie as I challenged the definition of "chains or approved traction tires ADVISED" signs along the winding ascent. No peek at the peak, I started back down. Then, around a hairpin turn a turnoff and this view appeared. For 20 minutes the clouds offered fleeting glimpses of the top rising almost 10,000' above me as sunset approached.
There are thousands of spectacular images of this majestic mountain, but my brain has recorded that view as I turned the bend...this is merely a digital rendition that does it no justice!
BASE CAMP 4800'
My climbing assault on Mt Rainier ended as my head smacked into the cloud base ( and the end of the plowed road ) at Paradise, elevation 5400'. The drive was like being in a black and white movie as I challenged the definition of "chains or approved traction tires ADVISED" signs along the winding ascent. No peek at the peak, I started back down. Then, around a hairpin turn a turnoff and this view appeared. For 20 minutes the clouds offered fleeting glimpses of the top rising almost 10,000' above me as sunset approached.
There are thousands of spectacular images of this majestic mountain, but my brain has recorded that view as I turned the bend...this is merely a digital rendition that does it no justice!