From Ryan Hunt
Our journey up Mt. Rainier for the 2010 Cops on Top Summit for Heroes can be followed by clicking on the following link. The link will take you to my SPOT tracker page, where you can see our progression up the mountain.
To see our altitude on the mountain: When the link is clicked a map will pop up; click on the "terrain" button in the upper right corner and an overhead view with terrain markers will show up. For other views, click on Satellite or hybrid maps.
Our plan is to leave the parking lot and climb to about 10,000 feet on June 24th. We plan to do some crevasse rescue training on the 25th at altitude, and then leave between midnight and 1AM for our summit attempt on the morning of the 26th.
With frequent recent storms that have dumped multiple feet of new snow, Mt. Rainier currently has some bad avalanche conditions. In looking at predicted weather, Rainier is supposed to have good weather for most of next week, with another storm rolling in on the 26th (summit day). If this proves true, we may play it safe and avoid getting stuck in a storm up on the mountain by making a summit attempt on Friday the 25th. So, if you would like to follow our travels to the summit, check the link on Friday and Saturday.
http://share.findmespot.com/shared/gogl.jsp?glId=0IGIr4tPrgEAqhdW2vuqvpT3N0U8lya0h
For more information about our climb, go to www.Washingtonfallenheroes.blogspot.com
Take care,
Ryan Hunt