Denali Seminar '09

Wow, that is about all I can say about this 6 day trip on Mount Rainier. We could not get into the park the first day beause the rode was closed; we snuck in with a private park escort the second day and that was great because it would have certainly been a bummer to do 6 days of teaching in Ashford. Then we camped for 4 days about 30 minutes outside of the parking lot at Paradise. Everyone would have loved to get higher up on the mountain but the weather just did not allow that. The wind speeds at Camp Muir on day peaked peaked at about 140 mph, crazy! In total it snowed about 6 feet on us while we were up there, and the wind never stopped for more than 10 minutes.

The clients all seemed to have a good time however. It was a Denali training seminar and 2 clients will be going to Denali in June, so they really appreciated all the training that we were able to accomplish. All in all, it was a really great

trip, and I would have to say that Rainier in the winter is one of the most amazing places I have ever been.