Camp Muir
 
 
I set off a couple days early for my climb up Mt. Rainier.  I wanted plenty of time at high elevations so altitude would not be a factor in my ability to get to the top.  I came all this way to get to the top and I left nothing to chance.  So the day after I arrived, I climbed up to Muir Camp, named after an explorer named John Camp, my guide told me.  I was lucky enough to follow a summit team from RMI up the Muir Snowfield (named after John Snowfield, I was told). :)  Here are my images with some comments along the way.
The Drive and the hike to Camp Muir
I stopped at Dunsmuir on the way and went down to the trainyard.
My friends and I got stuck here a long time ago while hopping freights.
This is Mt. Shasta
Closer to Shasta
Driving past Shasta!
This is a cool looking Mt. near Shasta
This is on the way to Rainier.  There is supposed to be a mountain there...
On the way up to Muir Camp.  There is a mountain back there, they tell me.
Paradise!  Better pictures later.
There’s a summit climb team!
Getting closer
Onto the Muir Snowfield
There’s the mountain peeking through for about 10 seconds!
It starts to get steep
Steep and cloudy
Fun
here comes the summit team!
closer...
And closer
There they go
Break time for Summit team
Me
Me and the rumored mountain
Others coming up
Others going up
A Peak at the Nisqually Glacier
Yeah, you don’t want to stray off the snowfield.  It gets dangerous
Muir Camp is up there.
There it is!
Camp Muir.  10,080 ft. high
Climbers setting up camp
Another summit team coming up
This is where we will spend the night on our summit night.
The last summit team comes up
Me proud of myself
Inside the RMI shelter
A nice cozy camp
Camp Muir
A summit team coming down
My first view of the entire mountain!  On the ride out of the park
Kids were running across traffic and cars were swirving and pulling over.
All to see the first glimpse of Mt. Rainier all day!  Wow.