What an epic adventure! Have you climbed Rainier? What was your experience?

@orly3938

2 жыл бұрын

Your Chanel is amazing 🤩 I’m going to subscribe

@orly3938

2 жыл бұрын

Btw I saw the volcano smokeing

@benjaminlesue1372

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry you couldn't summit, but your video was stunning and informative nonetheless. The views must have been amazing. I had the privilege of climbing Mt. Rainier in 2020. It was a life-changing experience. BTW, go Cougs!

@OurMillionAdventures

2 жыл бұрын

No regrets! We'll get to the top on the next trip. That's fantastic you were able to summit! Thanks for your comment 😁

@ArtifexBarbarus

2 жыл бұрын

3 summits, in four attempts, all self-guided. Favorite route by far was the Emmons-Winthrop - Picture postcards, every which way you look!

I'm watching this KZread video because my husband embarked on a hiking trip to Mount Rainier this morning, and I'm eagerly awaiting news from him. As of 7:33 PM, I haven't heard from him yet, which is understandable given the challenging hike. However, watching this video has helped alleviate some of my concerns, as it feels like I'm right there with him on the mountain. Our energetic husky is also missing him dearly, usually waiting for his return around 4:30 PM, but today she's sensing something's amiss. Thanks to this channel for sharing their experience, which has made me feel more connected to my husband and less alone at home. Although it's only been a day, I miss him dearly, and the videos have helped calm my nerves, especially given the dangerous nature of the trip. The camera angles make me feel like I'm right there with him, and I'm grateful for this sense of connection. Thank you again for sharing this experience; it means a lot to me!

@JuanSalazar-hk1bz

13 күн бұрын

How did it go?

The scenery as you are climbing is beautiful. The sunrise alone must have made it worth the hike. Glad y'all turned back and chose safety over summiting. Thanks for documenting and sharing your family's million adventures.

Thanks for the shout out. I really appreciate it! That was a fun outing.

Our team of 4 made it to about the same place before having to turn around for the same reason in August of 2021. We were the only team on the mountain, all the guides were not taking people up. I read a few weeks after returning home that the upper mountain had been closed by the park service shortly after we got off the mountain. The heatwave that hovered over the northwest this summer melted much of the snow and ice off of the mountain by August. We will make another attempt in 2022. Praying for a lot of cold and snow this winter in the area.congrats for making it as far as you did. Like I mentioned, the mountain was very treacherous this past summer.

@OurMillionAdventures

2 жыл бұрын

Perhaps We'll see you up there next year. We will also be making another attempt. Hoping for better conditions next time.

@davidmartin7163

Жыл бұрын

Did you make another attempt this year (2022)? I was thinking of going with a guided trip in 2023. Has that bridge been fixed/repaired/replaced?

@michaelnorman1571

Жыл бұрын

@@davidmartin7163 Route was perfect this year! Had to wait out some high winds for a few days at Ingram Flats but finally Summited. Headed back again August off 23.

@OurMillionAdventures

Жыл бұрын

We summitted this year in June: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fKWZ0biBgKjcfcY.html

@michaelnorman1571

Жыл бұрын

@@OurMillionAdventures Awesome Job! ❤️🥾⛰

I feel you guys bro, we did the same thing a few days ago. Safety first not matter what. But the view is unbelievable up there.

I was stationed at Ft Lewis in the Army when ai first summited Mt. Rainier. I have now summited Mt. Rainer 5 more times. One of my top experiences in my life!🗻🏔️

Nothing like hiking up snow covered volcanoes in the dark!! Sweet

Man this was awesome to watch. I've lived in Washington over 4 years now and done little hikes here and there but this year I finally got more dedicated to it. It's a learning curve simply knowing what all it is you need from parking passes like Discovery and others to the permits you need to camp and summit things. And that's on top of the teaching your body how to endure these epic journeys 😄😄. But it is all so worth it. A video like this helps me get a better understanding of what all it takes so I appreciate it. I would love to take mountaineering courses in the future. Right now I'm simply doing all I can without being a mountaineer while we still have sunshine 😄. Great video!

@OurMillionAdventures

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! I'm working on a part 2 right now. We tried again this year and successfully summited. Washington is a gorgeous state, wouldn't you agree?

Well done video! Very informative! Enjoyed listening to your narration/storytelling! Beautiful scenery all around! Thank you for sharing your Rainer experience with us.👍

@OurMillionAdventures

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, and for your kind comments!

I'm glad to see you decided to turn back. As you said safety first. It would suck if something happened and you had to be rescued. I lived in Seattle so I have been to Rainier countless times. I did a lot of hiking but never attemped to ascend to the top. Lots of great hiking trails with spectacular views. Hope you can try again.

Thank you for sharing your experience. Sorry that you didn't summit, but safety first.

Great Vid buddy! Whatca view! Even at that point! Just a little higher than what we have in the Midwest! 😊 Glad you are safe and yet got that adventure in!!

@OurMillionAdventures

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Always appreciate your comments! 😁

loved this! Thank you

@OurMillionAdventures

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Awesome video. I'm SO greatful when folks post their stories that include making the safe decision and turning back. I hope you get another chance at the summit soon! Y'all looked well equipped and knowledgeable about rope travel and other techniques. For anyone thinking about climbing a mountain like Rainier -- PLEASE get some real training. The equipment will not help you if you don't know what you're doing, and there are lots of great organizations in the PNW that teach mountaineering for reasonable costs. Thanks again!

@OurMillionAdventures

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment! My brother and I made another attempt just yesterday actually! We successfully summited via the Ingraham Direct route. Conditions were not the best, or the worst. Clear skies, but quite a bit of wind. Lots of snow on the mountain right now! I totally agree with you the Rainier is not a mountain to be taken lightly.

Crazy........ but Impressive !

Wow...how I wish I see it for real ❤️❤️❤️

I've only done Hotlum/Bolam on Shasta. Such a great climb. You guys are bomb! Dag nabbit. I gotta do Rainier now!!

Incredible journey up the county's most beautiful mountain, in the lower 48, that is....

I am sure it was a very difficult decision to turn around, but BRAVO for making the safe choice! There are always other days, but NOT other YOUS!

Nice video thank you

Wow amazing!

Outstanding video!! What month did you make this climb?

@OurMillionAdventures

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! It was mid June this year.

I remember when volunteering in Tacoma Washington, every morning when I'd go for a walk, I would see the white peak of Mt. Renier in the vast distance. I had an opportunity to climb that mountain while I was there but declined out of respect for it.

@Aevoa

2 жыл бұрын

I think you'll regret that decision in old age.

great vid bud. really appreciate all the info. how soon before the trip did you apply to reserve the permit?

@OurMillionAdventures

2 жыл бұрын

If I recall right the early access lottery is open for applications in February and winners can reserve permits starting towards the end of March. All other reservations go on sale at the end of April. 1/3 of permits are reserved for first come first serve walkup.

Unreal, incredible views. And they can only be seen by those who can make the climb up. I doubt the views from the summit would beat those seen on the way up at sunrise, anyway.

@OurMillionAdventures

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah those sunrise views were epic!

Enjoyed the video , great info, you don’t happen to be making another attempt summer 2024? Looking for a hiking partner who’s done it before.👊

I've a scheduled climb for end of May this year. Crossing my fingers on weather.

Great video! If I understood your narration correctly, a climbing permit doubles as a wilderness camp permit?

@OurMillionAdventures

Жыл бұрын

Correct, the 'climbing permit' allows you to climb above 10K feet and camp. You will specify exactly where you camp on your permit (Camp Muir or Ingraham Flats are the usual camps). I have a detailed writeup of summiting this year over on our reddit if you are interested: www.reddit.com/r/OurMillionAdventures/comments/vrsa1u/mt_rainier_summit_success/

Visited Rainer a month ago, would love to climb its summit someday.

@OurMillionAdventures

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! You should, it's a worthy goal 😁

Yikes! Looks a bit trecherous. What incredible views, though. I wasn't holding my breath quite as much as I was during your first Smith's Crack video but those crevaces are no joke. Glad you made it down safely!!!

@OurMillionAdventures

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Definitely a bit treacherous but so beautiful! Thanks for the comment!

@TakeATripTogether

3 жыл бұрын

@@OurMillionAdventures You're welcome. Looking forward to watching more of your family's adventures. We initially found you through your Upper Penninsula of Michigan video and then we had to binge-watch the rest of your videos as well. Good stuff!

Thanks!

@OurMillionAdventures

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and your support!

awesome video - we are visiting Olympic, Rainier and Glacier in middle to late July. Not doing any mountaineering but hoping for some higher elevation hikes; what do you think the snow will be like this year?

@OurMillionAdventures

2 жыл бұрын

That's great, those are some amazing places to visit! I'm not sure what the snow will be like. We were up there a week ago and there was still quite a bit on the ground even at relatively low elevations. I suppose it depends on how many warm days we get in the next several weeks.

Unfortunate you couldn't make it to the very top, but still looked like a fantastic journey!

@OurMillionAdventures

3 жыл бұрын

We'll try again I'm sure. I think if we had gone a day later guides would have established a workaround route. Never know what your going to get in the mountains though 😉

Nice video...i summited via the clever in 2000 and then summited via the Emmons in 2002

@OurMillionAdventures

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent! Great to meet a fellow climber! I just barely got back today from a first successful summit. We ended up doing the Ingraham direct route.

@msm624

2 жыл бұрын

@@OurMillionAdventures congrats on your success.

CRAZY that you can see the curve of the earth as you're going up!! What a cool adventure!

@OurMillionAdventures

3 жыл бұрын

Jen you would love it.

@TheBossVest

2 жыл бұрын

you see a curve because it’s a wide angle lense silly, even people in planes cannot sense the curvature of the earth

If I was to go alone in April you think it be possible to make it far up ?

for the permits how does it work for a guided service?

Time stamp 10:18 ...would that be Mt. Baker behind you on the left. I lived in Esquimalt B.C. and it was visible from my house.

It looked like a pretty nice day.

@OurMillionAdventures

Жыл бұрын

It was!

Amazing video! Any way I could get it without music?

@OurMillionAdventures

Жыл бұрын

For what?

I have never summited something of this height, but I hear this is a possible fourteener. I want to climb this one day

@jadesfire

7 ай бұрын

14,411!

Fell to certain death and survived at 52 . Told I never walk unassisted again 55 months later I will be ready next summer looking for a local to go along with me. If not I grind on my own.

@OurMillionAdventures

11 ай бұрын

That is amazing. My hats off to you friend. So glad you are a survivor! Sounds like you have an indomitable spirit

Did you have to actually cross any crevasses (like on one of those ladders) or did this route not have any?

@OurMillionAdventures

2 жыл бұрын

There was a lot of late snow on the mountain this past season so most all the crevasses on the route were still covered over. This is actually the reason we turned back. There was a collapsed ice bridge over a crevasse and guides had not yet put ladders up.

Are you good to cross a crevasse like that?

just think if you where on the otherside of the ice bridge...

I was thinking of going with a guided trip in 2023. Has that bridge been fixed/repaired/replaced?

@OurMillionAdventures

Жыл бұрын

It was a bridge of snow and ice. The established trail isn't necessarily exactly the same each year depending on the glaciers movement and snowfall each year. We made another attempt this year and succeeded via a different route. kzread.info/dash/bejne/fKWZ0biBgKjcfcY.html

The guy with the camera must be walking backwards, so how hard must this climb be!

Do you have any updates if they have fixed the bridge? I’d love to hike the summit this summer but don’t want to make the trek just to have to turn around right before the summit

@OurMillionAdventures

2 жыл бұрын

People were able to summit the week after we went. I think they probably made a route around the area or put up a ladder. We are actually planning another attempt for this summer already.

@Diddley_Squat

Жыл бұрын

You can't fix the bridge. It's ice

Bryan prolly would've been able to go too if you'd spent a full day at Muir to acclimate.

@OurMillionAdventures

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree. I wish we had made it a 3 day trip. Truth be told I could have used a rest day too!

@ArtifexBarbarus

2 жыл бұрын

@@OurMillionAdventures If you give it another try, I'd recommend going in mid-late June up the Camp Schurman>Emmons-Winthrop route - Like the Disappointment Cleaver, it's a non-technical "walk-up" route, but it has no rockfall hazard, no choke-points like the DC, and no established Everest-style boot path with its' inevitable traffic jams - You can "choose your own adventure" by selecting your own line up the upper mountain's slopes like God intended! Most locals leave Muir's DC route to the guided tourists :-)

@OurMillionAdventures

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds exactly like what we want. We've already been talking about another attempt next year. I appreciate the info!

What gear did you rent? And do you mind telling how much it ended up costing?

@OurMillionAdventures

2 жыл бұрын

We rented boots, crampons, trekking poles, ice axes, and helmets from REI in Seattle. They have a mountaineering package for a little over 50 dollars. The rest of the gear we bought. You can find links in the description of the video. Hope that helps!

It’s a stratovolcano

Crazy you need a damn permit to climb a mt

Not me I'll just watch you here

How hard is this compared to Mount Fuji?

@OurMillionAdventures

Жыл бұрын

Depends on if you are climbing during off-season. Rainier is about 2000ft higher and has permanent glaciers.

What size pack did you take up there?

@OurMillionAdventures

2 жыл бұрын

Mine was a 70 liter but not packed all the way. Its all I had. You could certainly get away with smaller. My brothers was 50 L.

@Midtnfishing937

2 жыл бұрын

@@OurMillionAdventures good to know. I have a 75 and was not sure if it would be enough. Thanks for the reply!

What mountain can you train for mt Rainier something less intense

@OurMillionAdventures

3 жыл бұрын

The park service recommends 1. Mt St Helen's Monitor Ridge or Worm Flows, 2. Mt Hood, Hogback Glacier, 3. Mt Adams, South Side, 4. Mt Shasta, Avalanche Gulch, and 5. Mt Baker, Eastin Glacier

@angelguzman8737

11 ай бұрын

@@jasonrosman2932 thanks that’s the one I chose

I SWEAR I WAS IN THE EXACT SAME PLACE ON 1:14

@OurMillionAdventures

2 жыл бұрын

No way! When were you there?

So there is no trail?

@OurMillionAdventures

Жыл бұрын

There are different routes that are trailblazed by guided groups each year, but nobody had been up that route in over 2 weeks when we went and it was snowed over.

Why do I have to pay for a rescue in advance? Can’t they just leave my body up there?

@OurMillionAdventures

Жыл бұрын

Beats me. But they won't give you a permit unless you do. FYI they also check permits at camp Muir often. A ranger walks around and talks with people.

The video was difficult to watch because of your background music. Had to keep turning the volume down. Good way to wreck a good video