6/22 Rainier Summit!!! Climb for Cancer Foundation

[duc748pilot]

we did it. we summited rainier 6/22 at 10 am. sustained 60 mph winds. gusts 80-100 mph. 17 degrees. -17 with the windchill. what a time.
Our climb was done as part of The Climb For Cancer Foundations 50-50-1 event (www.50-50-1.com). As of 6/26 we have raised over $3500.00 for the Foundation. We climbed in honor of my Grandmother Dorothy Sypniewski who recently passed from cancer.

clearly these pic are in no specific order.

CARL....your pickets made it to the summit!!! thanks again bro!


More pics as I get em uploaded
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa273/sypniewski/rainier5.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa273/sypniewski/rainier3.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa273/sypniewski/rainier2.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa273/sypniewski/rainier1.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa273/sypniewski/rainier4.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa273/sypniewski/P1140027.jpg

cathedral gap...the cliff that almost had me...
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa273/sypniewski/cathedralgap.jpg
crevasse onto the emmons..
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa273/sypniewski/rainier8.jpg
ingraham crevasse
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa273/sypniewski/rainier7.jpg
ingraham crevasses from the dc
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa273/sypniewski/rainier6.jpg
another getting onto the emmons..
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa273/sypniewski/1stcrevasse.jpg
on the hike the day after...
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa273/sypniewski/silfallshike.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa273/sypniewski/rainiertracks.jpg
little Tahoma from atop the DC..
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa273/sypniewski/littletahoma.jpg
ingraham seracs...
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa273/sypniewski/ingseracs.jpg
flats from the DC..
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa273/sypniewski/flatsfromdc.jpg
falls on the hike the day after..
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa273/sypniewski/falls.jpg
crazy serac atop the DC
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa273/sypniewski/CRAZYSERAC.jpg


13K sunrise at 3:30 am...
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa273/sypniewski/13KSUNRISE.jpg
me after ascending the cleaver..
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa273/sypniewski/12500ft.jpg
back at our high camp...ingraham flats..
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa273/sypniewski/camp2ingraham.jpg

[duc748pilot]

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa273/sypniewski/mewithcascades.jpg

my little guy at 8k
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa273/sypniewski/chipmunk.jpg

at the trailhead after the 18 mile round trip
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa273/sypniewski/hikeout.jpg

ahhh...the beer waiting in the car.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa273/sypniewski/cheers.jpg

[Ant]

Holy shit dude, that's all out right there! :wow:

[duc748pilot]

hell yea dude....14,411 feet. it was sick. cant wait to get back out there. next trip is most likely gonna be a 10 day.....we'll be climbing Hood, Baker, and adams and maybe one more.... all in 10 days. next year...possibly denali.

ive got more pics....i'll post em soon

[Cakes206]

Whoa...awesome achievement Chris, pics are amazing, I bet words can't even describe what its like.

[duc748pilot]

words cant...and pictures def dont do a single thing for it. the thing looks massive from 2 hours away from seattle....let alone when your climbing it.

[ffejtable]

thats pretty friggen awesome... grats!

makes me regret taking the easy way up the mtn on the hut trip (10th mtn division huts in CO) earlier this year...

[Brian78]

wow, thats incredible

[carl_g]

SIck!

[Taz]

That's Amazing. Congrats on getting to the top. :)

[FigNewTon]

Incredible pics and one hell of an accomplishment.:hail: