Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Picking a Date!
Since Rainier is going to take two days to climb, I needed to look ahead and plan for the time off from work. Since I work 31 hours every weekend, I knew it would not be an easy task to just tell both of my bosses on a Monday, "hey I need this weekend off ". Plus Rainier is a mountain that I want to be mentally prepared for. In No Short Cuts to the Top Ed Viesturs talks about how one climber on Rainier was last quoted saying "Its only Rainier" after ignoring Ed's attempt to turn him around. Moments later the man went sailing past Ed's party down an icy slop to his death. So all in all I want to be prepared for and make sure I find a partner, or partners that are in decent shape and who are committed to a weekend to try and climb Rainier. As of now I have met one partner online at Cascade Climbers.com who has picked July 16 and 17. I totally agree with that date since I heard July is when the best weather is. I like that Noe is enthusiastic and I really like how we email each other every couple of days. We are also trying to find one or two more climbing partners to make our team stronger. My little brother Jamie is an option, but he won't know until July 1st. But as it stands now, July 16 and 17 are the days I will try to summit Rainier.
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I would love to hear more about Ed Viesturs and this story. Also, make sure to cite your information! If there is a link to Ed Viesturs' website or the book or article, it is a good idea to link to that as well. When you cite, remember to offer offer bib information at the end of your post - check out one of my posts for a kind of "how To." This type of thing is now becoming important for bloggers as copyright laws are catching up.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great idea to make a team! I know personally that if you have people around you with the same goal, you can help, push, encourage one another into reaching it. I hope someday, I too will climb a big famous mountain.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I wan't to say how awesome it is for you to take on a challenge like this. I have always wanted to accomplish something like that, and skydiving. Both of those things are on my bucket list. It's great you have established dates in which you wan't to go on this adventure! I hope you bring a camera to record everything while your up there and I hope you keep on writing on this blog way past when this class is over because I really do wan't to hear more about your adventures!
ReplyDeleteWow! I commend you for doing something so dangerous and physical. I am so out of shape and extremely scared of heights that I no for sure that I couldn't do this. Lately I've been working out to get in shape but climbing Rainier sounds extremely difficult.
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