Mount Rainier could have a new summit

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According to new measurements, Mount Rainier could have a new summit.

“I went up there on August 28 the first time and I measured Columbia Crest and the southwest rim and I found that Columbia Crest has melted about 22 feet since the last ground survey in 1998 and it’s actually shorter than the southwest rim now," Eric Gilbertson said.

Gilbertson is a professor at Seattle University and summited the mountain twice in the last two months. He took measurements of the mountain using a differential GPS unit.

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