I made a very long weekend out of the Fourth of July market holiday to go up to Seattle and climb Mt. Rainier. It was great to see so many of my Seattle friends and to summit. My buddy Griz was an amazing guide and got us up and down safely. I felt that my conditioning plus a solid ~28 hours acclimatizing up at above 10k ft, made the summit attempt pretty bearable. We did it in 5.5 hrs which I guess is pretty fast. This mountain was the first I have climbed that really had a lot of hazards on display like rock fall, crevasses and unstable seracs. We were super careful and followed the route closely so we weren't in any serious danger, however it was useful to have those real risks in mountaineering beautfully illustrated throughout our climb.
