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		Training climb to Camp Muir.		Onto the Muir snow field during training.
		Group shot at Paradise parking lot prior to training climb. I'm near the back - to the right of Bill Crone, who's got the bright marker flags.		First rest on training climb to Muir.
		Muir snow field rest stop.		Second training climb to Muir. We turned around due to the weather.
		Second training climb to Camp Muir.		What we were hoping to see on this training climb.
		Climb School - on our way to training.		Climb School - Gombu (first person to summit Everest twice) leading the way.
		A shot of Phursumba during another team's training.		Practing proper handling of our ice axes. I am the third person from the front of the line.
		Lou Whittaker and I at Whittaker's Bunkhouse the night before my climb. There were a lot of interesting photos and memorabilia in the office area of the Bunkhouse. Notice the yellow oxygen canister marked "Everest North Face" on the wall behind us for instance.		"Fireside" chat with Lou at Whittaker's Bunk House the night before our climb.
		Climb day - our lead guide has a chat with us.		Climb day - getting ready to depart from the Guide Services hut. Paradise Inn is in the background.
		Climb day - a little ways out of Paradise where the thawed and frozen worlds meet.		Pebble Creek - first break after leaving Paradise.
		Breaking through the clouds.		Muir Snowfield - second break after leaving Paradise. We climbed through the cloud cover and were welcomed with this magnificent view of the mountain.
		On our way to Muir.		Checking out the view of the mountain after climbing through the clouds.
		John (front - next to bright ski poles) taking a break on the Muir Snowfield after catching up to the first group of Lung Assoc. climbers (on their feet behind us). Craig and Phil (sitting to the left of me, respectively) are both guides. Craig held the speed record for quite a while - 5 hrs, 20 min roundtrip from Paradise to the summit and back!		Break time is almost over. Another shot of the mountain before packing the camera away and putting the backpack on again.
		Other climbers making their way up toward us through the cloud cover on the Muir Snowfield.		A glimpse of the dramatic cloud cover to the North and the slope of the terrain.
		A little closer view of the glacier ice above.		Camp Muir! The black building on the left is our bunkhouse and the kitchen is at the top of the stairs.
		Dinner time! Thanks to our chef, we had a wonderful spaghetti dinner and Craig even brought Parmesan cheese!		The cramped quarters inside the bunk house.
		Camp Muir about 2:00 AM - team members putting their crampons on their boots before the summit attempt.		John making morning preparations before the summit attempt.
		Making our way through the debris field in the early morning.		Ingraham Glacier debris field.
		Up the Ingraham Glacier with Cathedral Gap in the background.		Sunrise on the Ingraham Glacier - it doesn't get any prettier than this.
		Up the Direct Route of the Ingraham Glacier at dawn.		Ropework in the pink hue of morning.
		Steeper terrain toward the top of Disappointment Cleaver.		Glancing back toward Gibralter Rock with Mt. Adams in the distance.
		Looking at climbers heading toward the summit. This shot was taken above Disapointment Cleaver during the second break after leaving Muir - the first was on the Ingraham Flats.		Looking at Gibralter Rock during our second break, which was to the left of our route up the Ingraham Glacier. Disappointment Cleaver, which we are directly above in this photo, was to the right of the route up the glacier.
		Where we're headed after our break on top of the Cleaver.		A closer look at climbers heading up the route to the summit. Frequent pressure breathing was necessary (every other step for me) at this altitude.
		A view of Little Tahoma with climbers pressing on after our break.		Another view of Little Tahoma.
		Travelling along a crevass on steep terrain.		Another view of a crevass on a the way to the summit.
		Climbers arriving at the summit.		John on the summit (14,411') with Mount Adams to the east.
		John on the summit with Mount St. Helens to the southeast.		Taking in the magnificent view on the summit of Mount Rainier.
		Climbers heading across the crater of Mt. Rainier.		The distinct decapitated Mt. St. Helens as seen from the summit of Rainier.
		Banner shot at the summit of Mt. Rainier. I'm holding the upper left corner when looking at the banner.		Crampons - 4 wheel drive for boots.
		The awesome view from the summit. Mt. Adams is the closest peak when looking to the east.		Heading down from the summit. The journey is only half over.