Sarah Borst Jarvis

I figured I would start this Blog by telling you about climbing Mt. Rainier . It is recent enough, it is something we have always wanted to do, and we have pretty good pictures. Besides Karl and me, our climbing crew consisted of our friends Mike, Brooke, and Paul. We flew into Seattle, where we stayed with Mike and Brooke one night and did some sightseeing. Then we were off to Mt. Rainier National Park . After having been squeezed into a little truck for four hours, we were all ready to head up the mountain. Despite a late start, the scenery was beautiful and, after getting used to the weight on our backs, we were having a great time. Because of our late start we had not quite made it to Camp Muir before dark and so we stayed in another fun place in the snow and dug out our tent sites. Freezing? Yes. Still fun? Yes. Well, kind of. Karl in his element : Our goal was clearly in sight when we woke up: But I also really liked this peak - Little Tahoma ....