My Awesome Trip to Mount Rainier National Park

My journey continues in Seattle Chinatown International District. We headed up to Mount Rainier National Park, the most majestic mountain in all of United States in my opinion. I wanted to go climb up Mount Rainier, which of course a novice climber like me can't do, but wanted to try to make as far up as possible. So I took the Skyline Trail up the to base of the summit and that was as far up as I could go. Any further would require ice picks, ropes, and a whole lot of guts since I have no idea how to climb a glacier.

When I was at the base of the summit, it was a beautiful sight. I was surrounded by snow and more snow. The snow was so bright that without sunglasses, I would probably have ended up blind.

The air was pretty thin as well as I had trouble breathing but that may be because I was out of shape as well. The entire hike up Mount Rainier took about 2 hours and that was only to the base of the summit which was 6800 feet. Mount Rainer's summit is about 14,111 feet.

Anyhow, it was close enough to see the glaciers, and the tip. Well worth the trip! Go see the photos and the videos I took at www.chinatownconnection.com/mount-rainier.htm.