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    Everyone’s pics on this thread make Montana look pedestrian, no sense of scale.

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    Selection of pictures from the trip... part 1


    Mount Rainier from plane, near sunset
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    Mount Rainier, on hiking trail
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    Overlook Hotel from the Shining lives on Mt. Rainier
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    Brave Marmot on Mt. Rainier trail
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    Big Four Ice Caves, in the Cascades. Fortunately this was not closed during the fire, because it's a bit south of the National Park.

    This is the lowest glacier in the continental US, sitting at about 2000 feet -- lower than Las Vegas!


    Shot approaching the glacier on the trail

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    One of the ice caves, with an arch in front. Notice the "rain" coming down from the arch.

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    I wouldn't be smiling if I knew how gray I would look in this pic. (My sideburns are mostly gray, my hair is still mostly brown!)

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    Here's the cabin I rented in Stehekin, Washington. The town is located at the end of a long lake, and has no roads in. You have to take a ferry or a helicopter to get there.


    Notice the late 1980s junker in front of the cabin. That was the car I got while there! It did the job. Car came with the cabin. The cabin was really nice and modern-looking on the inside, despite the barn-looking outside.

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    Cool little waterfall on Lake Chelan, in Stehekin area:

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    Glacier National Park



    Taken on a trail from Logan Pass

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    Glacial water falling in the sun, in a creek at during the hike to Grinnell Lake

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    Grinnell Lake, located in the "Many Glacier" area of the park, near Babb, MT. Notice the glacial waterfalls in the background, causing the turquoise color in the lake.

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    Weird bug on my window which landed while I stopped at an overlook, then held on for dear life until the car reached 50mph, at which point it got thrown off!

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    Here's the marmot again:


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    pics well worth the wait

    I’m totally envious…Rainier looks spectacular

    except since I got into Missing 411 (unsolved disappearances in national parks) and Sasquatch Chronicles, I wouldn’t go camping or venture too far from established trails.

    Hope you and Ben were wearing GPS locator devices, because literally hundreds of people have gone missing in in national parks without a trace never to be seen again

    Rainier, Yosemite, Shasta, Alaska Triangle…the number of cases in Yosemite is insane

    Bigfoot or Sasquatch or whatever you wanna call them are of course 100% real so watch your ass out there next time Todd

    I went down the rabbit hole bigtime on this one and trust me, this shit will blow your mind




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    Quote Originally Posted by Tyde View Post
    pics well worth the wait

    I’m totally envious…Rainier looks spectacular

    except since I got into Missing 411 (unsolved disappearances in national parks) and Sasquatch Chronicles, I wouldn’t go camping or venture too far from established trails.

    Hope you and Ben were wearing GPS locator devices, because literally hundreds of people have gone missing in in national parks without a trace never to be seen again

    Rainier, Yosemite, Shasta, Alaska Triangle…the number of cases in Yosemite is insane

    Bigfoot or Sasquatch or whatever you wanna call them are of course 100% real so watch your ass out there next time Todd

    I went down the rabbit hole bigtime on this one and trust me, this shit will blow your mind



    May have dodged a bullet earlier this year; was car camping in a super remote park of Rainier NP before waking up pre-dawn to climb early in the season. Obv gets pitch black at night.

    About to nod off in the back of my car (folded down back seat, laying down in a sleeping bag) when a car rolls up around midnight.

    I think nothing of it at first until they get out and start fiddling around. Again, think nothing at first until I realize they are still at it and not talking (at least two people). This goes on for 20ish minutes before doors slam and they peel out. Never any words spoken. I lay frozen thinking shit like 'one stayed behind, they're waiting' before nodding off. Wake up at 4, no sign of anything afoul.

    I car camp often in the mountains to start early and in popular areas cars at all hours just comes with the territory; even remote spots will have climbers/hikers show up at all hours, but there was a vibe behind this that I couldn't shake.

    I never looked up to see what they were up to and still can't come up with anything that made sense given how remote it was.

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    There was that serial killer in Malibu Creek State Park who kept shooting people, and the LA Sheriff Department kept denying it was a serial killer.

    Two good cops who tried to speak out about it were punished by being sent off to work in remote and/or less prestitgious locations.

    Finally they caught the guy, and it was some homeless psycho who graduated from stealing people's food from campsites to random murder.

    The only slight bit of conscience he had was leaving two little kids unscathed when he shot the dad in the head while all three were asleep.

    But he was 100% connected to all of the murders. Several could have been prevented if the LASD investigated it properly, and at the very least warned the public -- instead of telling everyone that the public wasn't in danger.

    When I went camping last year, I kept thinking of that guy every time some weirdo would drive or walk up in the middle of the night.

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    You should defo check out Lake George. Also White Mountians in New Hampshire. You can drive up to mt washinton. Nice Pics, nice hat also

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    Quote Originally Posted by FRANKRIZZO View Post
    You should defo check out Lake George. Also White Mountians in New Hampshire. You can drive up to mt washinton. Nice Pics, nice hat also
    I drove up to Mount Washington in 2007. Was windy up there, but nothing like it can sometimes get. Mt. Washington is famous for having the highest recorded wind in US history -- something like 230mph (Mammoth Mountain is second, I believe, with around 200mph).

    However, the eastern US is simply less scenic than the western half of the country, given fewer mountains, and those mountains also being lower than the western ranges.

    The unique geographic features in the country, such as Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon, also happen to be in the western half of the country.

    The downside for me regarding the western US is that I've been to just about all of it now. I hadn't been to the Cascades before, and my previous visit to Glacier National Park didn't have me exploring the eastern area of the park, like I did this time. But most of the other stuff in the Pacific and Mountain timezones I've seen, and I've been to in the past 15 years. Same with Alberta and BC.

    Might be time to leave North America on future trips.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by FRANKRIZZO View Post
    You should defo check out Lake George. Also White Mountians in New Hampshire. You can drive up to mt washinton. Nice Pics, nice hat also
    I drove up to Mount Washington in 2007. Was windy up there, but nothing like it can sometimes get. Mt. Washington is famous for having the highest recorded wind in US history -- something like 230mph (Mammoth Mountain is second, I believe, with around 200mph).

    However, the eastern US is simply less scenic than the western half of the country, given fewer mountains, and those mountains also being lower than the western ranges.

    The unique geographic features in the country, such as Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon, also happen to be in the western half of the country.

    The downside for me regarding the western US is that I've been to just about all of it now. I hadn't been to the Cascades before, and my previous visit to Glacier National Park didn't have me exploring the eastern area of the park, like I did this time. But most of the other stuff in the Pacific and Mountain timezones I've seen, and I've been to in the past 15 years. Same with Alberta and BC.

    Might be time to leave North America on future trips.
    I used to work at a campground in Garmisch Germany, truly beautiful with the alps surrounding. Super close to Munich.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post
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    At any point during your stay did you think to yourself, “I’d love a place here”?

    Have you felt that way about any particular spot during your travels?

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    well ur teeth had a good run but no amount wishful thinking could prevent the years of pepsi abuse

    Quote Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post
    Big Four Ice Caves, in the Cascades. Fortunately this was not closed during the fire, because it's a bit south of the National Park.

    This is the lowest glacier in the continental US, sitting at about 2000 feet -- lower than Las Vegas!


    Shot approaching the glacier on the trail

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    One of the ice caves, with an arch in front. Notice the "rain" coming down from the arch.

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    I wouldn't be smiling if I knew how gray I would look in this pic. (My sideburns are mostly gray, my hair is still mostly brown!)

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