Waking
at 11:45 pm on July 13, Summit Team A leaves with headlamps
for the summit at 1;15 am on July 14
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Hours
passing in the dark and Summit Team A moves beyond Ingraham
Flats, Disappointment Cleaver and arrive to High Break
at sunrise (13,500 ft. elevation)
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Another
view of the group as they prepare to leave High Break
for their last surge on the summit of Mt. Rainier
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Others
approaching High Break at sunrise
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Trusty
RMI guide Scott checks his harness one last time as
the group prepares to head for the summit
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One
final view of the Cascades and High Break at sunrise
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Finally
reaching the inner crater of the Rainier summit, Summit
Team A watches others reach the summit as well
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Taking
a look toward the crater's edge and the journey to the
summit register and Columbia Crest
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Lee
poses for his summit success photo - 20 degrees with
a 20 mph wind
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A
view of the summit register and the summit crater below
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RMI
guide Scott signing the summit register for the fourth
time this year
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Lee
signs the summit register for the first time, but not
the last time
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A
view of the inner crater and horizon from the summit
register area
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Another
view of the inner crater and horizon as Columbia Crest
is reached
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A
view from the very top (14,411 ft. elevation) of Columbia
Crest - Mt. Adams on the horizon
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Lee
reaching the highest point of Mt. Rainier, Columbia
Crest, at 7:20 am on July 14, 2005
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A
view of the trail coming from Columbia Crest and heading
toward the crater
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RMI
guide Scott on Columbia Crest
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One
final view from within the crater as others reach the
summit
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Lee,
in the crater, with a celebratory flask given to him
by his brother Dan
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Carefully
climbing down The Mountain, Summit Team A reaches Disappointment
Cleaver (12,300 ft. elevation) on their return to Camp
Muir
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Reaching
Ingraham Flats (11,000 ft. elevation), Summit Team takes
a well deserved break
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A
view of the rock formation surrounding Ingraham Flats
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Another
rock formation and crevasses surrounding the Ingraham
Flats, crossed by Summit Team A
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Ice
falls surrounding Ingraham Flats
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A
view of the Washington Cascades and Little Tahoma -
note the RMI tents on the right side of the picture
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A
view back across the Cowlitz Glacier and the rock scree
climbed to reach the Ingraham Flats - note the persons
crossing the glacier and others climbing down the grey
area of the rock wall
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Returning
back to Camp Muir at 11:30 am, Summit Team A packs up
all their gear to return back to Paradise and then RMI
BaseCamp
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Heading
down the Muir Snowfield
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Glissading,
sliding and fast-pacing down the Snowfield
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A
view back toward the Muir Snowfield (on the right) and
The Mountain
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A close-up view of the Muir Snowfield - note the very
small figures hiking up the snowfield toward Camp Muir
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One
final view of The Mountain from the RMI shuttle, heading
back to RMI BaseCamp
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