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Avalanche Likely Cause of Six Mount Rainier Climbing Deaths

Last week, 2 guides and 4 clients perished while climbing Mt. Rainier’s challenging Liberty Ridge. Guides and clients dying together is one of the most devestatingly heartbreaking situation there is in the mountains. This week, what we all want to know is: How did this accident happen? Six people is a lot to die at once on a mountain. In a group dynamic like this, each guide would have most likely been roped to two clients. This means that they most […]

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Miles Clark | June 4, 2014
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Six Climbers Dead on Mt. Rainier After 3,000-Foot Fall | 2 Guides & 4 Clients

Two guides from Alpine Ascents International and their four clients are missing on 14,411-foot Mt. Rainier in Washington State today. They reportedly fell 3,000 vertical feel down a steep rockfall on the challenging Liberty Ridge route. They were reported missing by Alpine Ascents International on Friday at 4:30pm. “There is no viable way they could have […]

Miles Clark | May 31, 2014
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Mount Rainier Speed Record Shattered on Skis Last Week

For a long time, Argentine mountain guide Willie Benegas owned the Mt. Rainier speed record.  It’s classically recorded from the Paradise parking (5,400 feet) lot to the summit (14,411 feet) and back via the Disappointment Cleaver route.  Willie ran up and ran down after being acclimatized to the Himalaya and did it in 4 hours and 40 minutes, which is insane. […]

Miles Clark | June 13, 2013
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Mt. Rainier Conditions Report: 3 Days on Rainier & 21,000’ of Skiing | Photo Tour

While the ski season is winding down for most folks this year, I decided to cram in a few last steep turns before packing my skis away for the months ahead. Tioga has been skiing great, but it’s days were numbered and the weather was for once telling me to go north and get some big mountain volcano skiing. After […]

Zeb Blais | May 12, 2013
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