RE: [pct-l] Re: Mt. Rainier

["David Long" <David_Long@email.msn.com>]

Mt. Rainier is a serious mountain:  crevasses, avalanches, ice, storms, etc.
You need to know about crevasse rescue techniques and roped glacier travel.
In terms of conditioning, I agree that a PCT thru-hiker would be in *way*
better shape than most of the people who are [successfully] summitting
Rainier.


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