As I’ve said 1000 times, my daughter and I and 4 friends went to climb Mt. Rainier in Seattle Washington. I’ve been pretty much without no cell phone or Internet for the last 5 days. Had 5 minutes here or there but in general no bars, nothing . I won’t lie, after I got used to it I loved it. It was the theme of the trip. Basic necessities. Most of my food we had to bring on our backs so if you didn’t want to carry it for 10 miles you didn’t get it. No caffeine for 2 days because I forgot to bring coffee and like I said I had to carry on my back what I had so I wasn’t going to carry diet coke.
I am so proud of my daughter. She made it to the summit. Something I couldn’t do this time. I got to 2000 feet short and I just didn’t have it in me. If I hadn’t already done it otherwise I certainly would have pushed on. The problem is it would have destroyed me. I had nothing in the tank and I still had the two hardest sections left. They had a ton of snow on the mountain so the routes were more direct and fewer switchbacks. Meaning hard climbs. I didn’t train at all other than running and it showed. I was just not in climbing shape. Youth can overcome that but I don’t have that either. I also don’t mind my daughter seeing me struggle on endurance events but I could tell she was spending more time worrying about me than concentrating on her own climb. I’m roped to her and when she feels a tug that means I’m not keeping up and I tugged a few times. Again, I’ve done harder and could have pushed through but I just didn’t feel the necessity since I already had summited once and I had gotten her to all but the last two pushes. I knew the rest of the team could get her there. And she did. It’s something she’ll never forget for the rest of her life. She was so strong.
This climb was the real deal . It was tough. The weather was perfect so from that standpoint it was absolutely ideal and possible. I say possible because 50 of the previous 53 attempts to summit failed. Our team made it. The last 4 miles down was 2 foot deep steps on every single step. So 2.5 hrs with a 40lb pack stepping into heavy wet snow that came to your knees. It’s some of the most grueling 15 hrs you’ll put in. For guides it was a Sunday stroll. Shows the difference in training. We started the final climb at midnight after trying to sleep 5 hrs (most don’t) and got back to the bottom at 4 pm. That’s pretty much working hard the entire time with 15 minute breaks throughout.
Libby is more of hike through Colorado, do a few scrambles, kind of girl. This was the real deal. Not sure if she is inspired to do more or that was enough. It is a lot of suffering and uncomfortable. Pretty much the entire time. She was amazing and just looking at my littler girl, now a women, pushing through the tired and pain and gutting it out almost made me cry. I remember the day she rolled over for the first time. She didn’t roll over this time. It was tough. I’d trade all that work and suffering for another 5 days like that with Lib. I imagine there will be more but Dad’s got to hit the gym and throw on a pack if I’m going to do it again. This whole crypto NFT thing has me looking at screens too much and not enough time in the gym and on the trails. That will be changing this summer.
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Congrats to you and Libby- what an accomplishment and experience!
Thanks Mike. One of my favorite moments so far