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Preparation Mount Tamanos is in the SE corner of Mount Rainier National Park. The park is about a 2hr SSE drive from Seattle. Some campsites are available at Recreation.gov and for those going into the wilderness (like this Mount Tamanos hike) wilderness permits are required. I stayed in a cabin at Alta Crystal Resort which is conveniently located… Read More Mount Tamanos
Total Dry pack gear weight 21lbs. Excludes water, fuel and food. This is an overnight trip in September with temperatures dropping close to zero. Rain was expected.Full details GSI“>here. Wear/Hold (4.7lb excl. shoes) Phone OR Sunhat OR Sungloves Buff Sea to Summit insect shield Lip balm Suunto compass Bear bell Cool Sand Ice towel OR… Read More Mount Tamanos Gear
Mt Mitake and Mt Hinode are in Chichibu-Tama-Kai National Park, about 50Km west of Tokyo. It take around 2hrs to reach them from Shinjiku, on the Chuo and Ome lines to Mitake Station. I arrived at Mitake station at 2:30pm. Given the short December days, I had just about enough time to summit to Mitakesan and… Read More Mt Mitake and Mt Hinode
Background In Riddlesdown High School, next to me on the wall in geography class was a news paper clipping. The black and white photograph was of ‘most’ of a volcano. ‘Most’ is a keyword, because on 18 May, 1980, Mt. St. Helens blew her top with a magnitude 5.1 eruption releasing the most material ever… Read More Mt. St. Helens
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