Jim and Dave saw this mother black bear and her two cubs cross the White River and head off into the woods!
Mama bear and cub crossing river.
Other cub crossing river.
Skiers going over and around crevasses, on the Emmons Glacier, near Camp Schurman.
Glacier Basin.
House sized seracs on the Winthrop Glacier.
Doug, the Willis Wall, Liberty Ridge and Ptarmigan Ridge as seen from Curtis Ridge.
Liberty Ridge.
The Carbon Glacier and North side of Rainier.
A tilted serac on the Carbon Glacier.
Alpenglow on Liberty Ridge.
Sunset the first night.
Mark at our bivy site on the Carbon Glacier.
Mark starting up Liberty Ridge.
Sunrise on Liberty Ridge.
Mark watching the sunrise.
Mark climbing above Thumb Rock.
Mark high on Liberty Ridge with Willis Wall in background.
Doug below the Black Pyramid.
Mark beside the Black Pyraimid.
Nearing the icy section at the top of Liberty Ridge.
Crevasse at 14,000'.
A decade of snowfall layers exposed in the Liberty Cap Glacier.
Doug crossing the bergschrund.
Mark leading up the steep icy section at the top of Liberty Ridge.
Climbing into a cloud!
Doug following up the steep ice.
Mark on Liberty Cap.
Doug on Liberty Cap.
Doug heading toward the Emmons Glacier.
Doug dropping into a hidden crevasse right by Camp Schurman.
Doug and Mark down at Camp Schurman, with Jim and Dave, for our second night on the mountain.
Sunrise at Camp Schurman.
Mark, Dave, Jim (and Doug) at Glacier Basin heading out. Meanwhile a storm is brewing high up on the mountain. We had to shorten this climb by one day to beat the storm. It was another awesome climb, with good friends, enjoying God's beautiful creation!
