Thread: MT.Rainier.Significant new first descent- Variation to Liberty Rdg/Lwr Thermogenisis

These guys were getting after it.
Video is particularly impressive.

http://county5.blogspot.com/2012/06/liberty-ridge.html

good stuff

Outstanding to say the least

Yes, rad indeed.

Nice line

Seriously proud line and fantastic TR. Reading it, I can only imagine their pain and frustration at finding the road plowed at the end of the day.

This picture really had me going. Reminds me of what my grandfather used to say: "The key is to put less weight on your feet."

Now THAT is a downright awesome and proper TR. Lots of gripping work and challenges on that. Great accomplishment.

Great line.

Paging Sickbird...

Damn. That was awesome.

Wow - great TR!

STRONG work. brilliant tr and effort, thanks for sharing. What a contrasting experience to what was going on elsewhere on the mountain around that time, A ranger lost his life in a rescue of a party on the Emmons route.

TRs like this make me wish I'd gotten into climbing when I was young enough to accomplish feats of greatness. Oh well, I ain't dead yet.

Thanks for posting it.

Okay, that was cool.

WoW.................!

Noice. I believe there is a picture of that line in the dictionary next to the word burly. Thnx for posting it scots.

Top notch.

A for effort and execution

Does this suggest something about overall good coverage on the N and W sides of Rainier? What are the Carbon, Russel, Edmunds, Mowich etc. glaciers like this time of year, as far as snowbridge coverage/crevasse visibility?

Awesome! I don't know how anyone is supposed to get work done when people post TRs like this.

Thanks for sharing.

cool stuff but i really don't get the first descent claims by most people who do it. maybe the first posted on youtube and tgr, but i don't see how there's any legitimate verification other than word of mouth.

Originally Posted by spook

cool stuff but i really don't get the first descent claims by most people who do it. maybe the first posted on youtube and tgr, but i don't see how there's any legitimate verification other than word of mouth.

There's a pretty fucking accurate record of stuff like this on Rainier.... with the Park, climbing rangers, Seattle Mountaineers and local ski historians like Lowell Skoog.

Elsewhere you might have more of a point.

The guys checked with the local ski historians and Lowell Skoog is kinda like the unofficial Elizabeth Hawley of the PNW so stuff on Rainer is pretty well documented and as Brit says the Rangers know a lot of what has and has not been skied.
It's always possible somebody did it before but you have to consider how plausible that is.
As to claiming first descents... some want to...some don't....I see no harm if it's a significant line( as this is) and the claim is plausible.

Funny how FD is significant to some and not others.

As for me, it's a ridiculously ballsy line that I'm not going to do and I could care less about who did the FD. Props to the participators from this peanut.

Originally Posted by Christopher3000

Does this suggest something about overall good coverage on the N and W sides of Rainier? What are the Carbon, Russel, Edmunds, Mowich etc. glaciers like this time of year, as far as snowbridge coverage/crevasse visibility?

Not really, as this descent was done 5 weeks ago, May 23rd.

Though it appears to be a good bit of snow at Mowich lake still (tentative opening now July6th):

Originally Posted by PNWbrit

There's a pretty fucking accurate record of stuff like this on Rainier.... with the Park, climbing rangers, Seattle Mountaineers and local ski historians like Lowell Skoog.

Elsewhere you might have more of a point.

relax. just asking. no need to get all britty on me.