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
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
For Mount Seymour, a Figure 8 route was planned. Upon execution, Mount Elsay / Mount Bishop Routes were deemed too difficult to following in the time available. The actual route and full details can be found here. Trail miles according to AllTrails – 9.3 Elevation Gain according to AllTrails – 3963 Maps [sgpx gpx=”/wp-content/uploads/gpx/PumpRunnerpeakloop.gpx”]
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