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Climbers look out at Mt. St Helens from Camp Muir
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Adam Fox goes up the slush slopes to Camp Muir
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Freeman on the approach to Camp Muir
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Fox breaks on route to Camp Muir
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Adam Fox finally breaks through the clouds on route to Camp Muir
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Freeman preparing our front porch at basecamp, 10,000 feet.
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Freeman at Basecamp
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Mt. Adams
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Chris Freeman with other climbing parties in the background
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Snow bridges are used to get across crevasse openings. You just have to hope they hold.
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Chris Freeman minds the gap
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The top of Rainier has an indented crater summit. From here, you drop your gear and walk 1/4 mile to the highest point on the rim for the true summit.
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Chris Freeman and Adam Fox on Mt. Rainier’s summit
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Chris Freeman resting and snacking on the descent
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Mt. Adams is behind Chris and far off in the distance is Mt. Hood in Oregon
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Can you spot the small camp down below with tents?
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Chris is great a climbing, but not so much at eating
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The rental around Olympic National Park
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Washington coastline
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With a score of 9, it was not safe for a summit attempt that day
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You see the helicopter?
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Beaches of Olympic National Park, WA
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Tasneem Shikary, an Ashland native, next to the “world’s largest spruce tree” in Olympic Natl Park
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Sunset on Puget Sound, Seattle
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Mt. Rainier is 90 miles away! That would be like being in downtown Columbus and seeing that mountain all the way in Cincinnati.
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Freeman has an amazing home gym in his garage
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Fox in the ER after the climb. Old Man Logan!
Gallery: Mt. Rainier–climbing above the clouds
