14.02 Mount Rainier: A relentless climb to Eagle Peak saddle
Jenni stands before Washington's finest from the saddle of Eagle Peak Mount Adams between the wood and chaff, another volcano, proudly faces towards Mt. Rainier As we descend from Eagle saddle, we continue counting trees, a hobby of ours. Mount Rainier National Park is busy. This is a problem during summer vacation periods. People might think we’re complaining while hardworking people are holidaying after the working year ended. Not at all…well, maybe a little. While we might be complaining, we’d also like to request cooler weather…but not too cool. Where were we? After all, we are not vacationing but rather pursuing our vocation which is hard work. Rather than whine, we prefer to leave the whining for work-days on the trail and resort to action now. Seek the tough hikes and you’ll lose all but a handful of people. We did just that and had the trail mostly to ourselves, nearly 8 miles with an elevation gain of 3,100 feet. That’s a lot of feet but few bodies on a ...