Roger, Mt. Rainer, Plastic Bag
Last weekend I did a little epic training with Jeff.. camped at Paradise Campground Friday late night and then got up at 4am to cycle from Paradise down to the flats and up to Cayusse pass, very nice felt exactly like Switzerland! Once up there we turned around and cycled back down and up to Paradise again.. it was now 9.30am and we had already done 8000 feet of elevation gain and 70+ miles on the bike and then ran/hiked up to Mt. Rainer Basecamp, Camp Muir, located at 10'000 feet... I felt like a million bucks and soon ran by myself, passing Michelle and her friend who had started earlier in the day to make it up there... the basecamp was not too crowded and I found a spot to lay out in the sun and get warm and toasty... that was already worth it but what came next was an adventure I did not expect...
Jeff's buddies brought heavy duty plastic bags and the conditions were so perfect that we glissaded down from the basecamp almost all the way down to paradise.. amazing how fast and controlled we were able to go with these.. previous tracks from other glissaders had mad bobsled-type halfpipes into the snow and it was super easy getting down... an amazing day with over 10'000 feet of climb!
Warming up on the rocks at the basecamp...
Done! Roger and Jeff after a great day of training...
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