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you can see where this river of ice turns into a very cold river of water
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yes, its windy out here
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yes its hot in the sun
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with some view of the vulcanos in the ring of fire
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with little Tahoma
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with day hikers and Mt
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with camp Muir directly abve my head
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with Mt
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winds blow above us
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whiteout over crater rim
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we start early
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waves of clouds moving above the rim at about 50mph
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waterfalls from glacial and snow melt on the way to camp muir
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view of the waves on this river of ice
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view of Mt Rainer from Paradise
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unpacking at the public hut at Mt Rainer Muir camp
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unloading the van for our trip
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two marmots
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tents behind the hut on Mt Rainer
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taking a break
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sun powered toilets and RMI hut on Mt Rainer
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snow was not everywhere
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outside public hut camp Muir
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our first break since summit
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on our way down with a long way to go
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on our way back to the base camp through rock fall area
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not much of a view from the top
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mt Hood from the highway
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mount Shasta in July is almost snow - less
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more scenery from Paradise center
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more ice
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more glcier views
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more climbers are getting to the top walking accross crater lake
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marmot looking over its teritory
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marmot catching some sun
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marmot 2
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marmot 1
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looking down
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large glaciers ahead
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its just past 5am and sun is on its way up
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its hot on the approch to camp Muir
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in the hut doorway
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ice falls
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ice fall in the morning sun
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high winds cloud
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high winds cloud 2
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high winds are gone for the moment
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high wind cloud forming
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high on the mountain with down on
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great views in the morning sun
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going up with Mt Hood in the background keeping watch on our progress
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going down with a forst fire at full swing behind Mt Adams
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going down at around 12000 with high camp at 11000 seen under us
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going down 2
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going down 1
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glacier above us
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fun to be soon had
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first section of the route up the mountain leeds through a field of loose rock
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fire starting on the other side of Mt Adams looks like an eruption of this dormant vulcano
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fire behind Mt Adams
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far away to go we have
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end of a glacier and start of the glacier morine
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day hikers resting at the Muir camp
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clouds over the top
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closeup of ice in the morning sun
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closeup of high wind cloud over little Tahoma
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closeup of Mt Adams fire
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carvasses in moring sun with Mt Adams
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cannot fall into the big ones
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breakfast at big bear in shasta city
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blown off top of the Mt San Helens
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at the top in high wind
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at around 12500ft
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another break
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almost there - less than a mile to the camp
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almost at the top now
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all smiles in the hut
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Tom and the glacier
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Mt hood from around 13000ft
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Mt Rainer with many glaciers and camp Muir to the far right
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Mt Rainer surrounding low peaks
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Mt Rainer from the higway
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Mt Rainer from around 7000ft
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Mt Adams from base camp on Mt Rainer
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Lumme leadsing the way down and arround breaks in ice
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Lumme and Larry in the crater
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Larry over little Tahoma
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Larry over a glacier
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Jack on the climb
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Jack leading the way
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Jack is happy we all made it to the top
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Jack catching some sun
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Glacier on Mt
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Glacier on Mt Rainer
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