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| My ninja self with Sam and Lee atop the highest, most heavily glaciated volcano in the lower 48! |
Summary Recap:
Day 1 (Friday)
- Paradise (5,400 ft) to Camp Muir (10,080 ft)
- Blistering hot ascent on the Muir snowfield
- Camp Muir to High Camp (Ingraham Flats, Ingraham Glacier: 11,200 ft)
- Overnight snowstorm turns back other group summit pushes
- Storm continues throughout morning: 3-4 fresh inches of snow
- High winds continue throughout Saturday night
- High Camp to Summit (14,411 ft)
- Wake up 12:30 am, breakfast, prep for final climb
- On glacier by 2 am
- Ascend Disappointment Cleaver and traverse the crevasses of Emmons Glacier
- Columbia Crest crater rim at 6:55 am
- Summit at 7:25 am
- Back to high camp by 10 am
- Pack up high camp, head back to Camp Muir at 11 am
- Lunch at Muir, leave at noon
- Descend Muir snowfield to Paradise
- Arrive at Paradise at 2:15 pm
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