A brief summary of our hike yesterday -

5:15am – Wake up, get ready, pack food, etc

6:30am – Leave Seattle for Mt.Rainier

8:30am – meet with rest of the gang at the pancake house in Ashford, breakfast

9:30am – Leave for Paradise point(base)

10:15am – Arrive at Paradise, get ready for the journey up

11:00am – Leave Paradise for base camp aka Camp Muir

2:50pm – Arrive at Camp Muir with brother, wait for rest of the gang

3:20pm – 2 more people join us, we try napping

3:50pm – Almost everyone but one is up

4:00pm – My brother and I decide that we have been up here for too long, start the journey down

6:00pm – Reach Paradise, sliding, falling our way down, wait begins for the others

7:30pm – the rest of the people start arriving

8:15pm – last of the rest arrives, leave Paradise for Seattle

8:45pm – more delays, leave for Seattle

10:10pm – stop at Puyallup for dinner, pizza at Papa Johns, eat in the parking lot :)

11:15pm – leave P-town for Seattle

12:10am – Arrive in Seattle, home sweet home, shower, sleep

After 19 hours of intense outdoor activity, food never tasted any better, my bed never felt any softer and I’ve never slept this long. The pictures are all up here