MOUNT RAINIER: Climbing the Ingraham Direct Route

Mount Rainier, also known as Tahoma, is a massive stratovolcano in the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest. With a summit elevation of 4,392 m (14,417 ft) it is the highest mountain in the U.S. state of Washington. Mount Rainier is the most glaciated peak in the contiguous U.S and more than 84 people died in mountaineering accidents on Mount Rainier since 1947.

We've been dreaming about summiting Rainier for the better part of a decade, and year after year our plans have been dashed before ever setting foot on the slopes. This year, after patiently waiting and watching the weather, we've been given an opportunity to finally take a shot at the climb.

To complicate matters, the extremely high levels of snow remaining on the mountain have made it so that the route that we were expecting to climb (The Disappointment Cleaver Route) is not yet open to climbers, and we will be doing the Ingraham Direct Route up and across the cracked up Ingraham Glacier.

Music:
"Uranus (Instrumental)" by Sleeping at Last
"Tension" by Radical Face
"Thin Floors and Tall Ceilings" by ODESZA

Shot with: SONY ZV-1, GoPro 7 Black, GoPro 5