Emmons Glacier from Camp Curtis

We attempted to summit Mount Rainier via the Emmons/Winthrop glacer route. Unfortunately, I was hit with AMS at just under 12,000 feet, forcing us to descend.

(If your are looking for the correct way to do this route, jump to How I would do it if I had to do it again section) All photos for this trip can be found here. The trip started with a quick tour of Seattle to round up the various participants in Bettsy the Trooper.

 

We (that would be Jake, Kyrin and myself) left Seattle after work on a Friday, ate some fast food and then rocketed up the Baker highway and finally the dirt road towards the base of the Coleman-Deming route.

The account that follows, was transcribed in my journal during a 2002 trip to Peru (all photos here). Our intention was to climb Nevado Coropuna and Nevado Solamana. We suceeded in the first, and didn't even attempt the latter.