Mount Rainier - America's Most Iconic Climb

hey everyone over the next 4 days we'll be attempting to climb one of America's most iconic and tallest mountains rineer our goal is to climb the couch Glacier which is going to be much more technical than the standard route meaning we're going to be doing some ice climbing traversing over gigantic melted out kasses and hopefully making our way high above the clouds into the summit big packs blowing up our packs we're all dedicated out here 11,000 ft to go about 3,800 right now we're going to have to start up this little Trail here go for a little bit through these trees and we'll get onto the mountain at one point or another come on we're taking ground so of course we're going to be starting off on the trail head which will lead us into the woods from here we'll hike for a few hours until we're above tree line and on the actual Mountain our main goal for today is to get around 8,000 ft to set up camp then the next morning we'll move up a few more thousand ft and set up camp right below the couch Glacier then and finally on the third day we'll get an Alpine start and begin moving up the Couch's ice shoot and from there we'll push our way up to the summit at 14 and 1 half th000 ft all right goodbye parking lot we'll be back in a few days holy 2 seconds in trail right off the rip just flying up this thing 40 ft up 10,960 ft to go 40 ft up making some big progress right now so Justin how many many times have you climbed right the a uh I've probably got around like 50 total Rainer Summits and then of the Couts probably like seven or eight cou Summits all right you know he knows what he's doing out here what a first first waterfall Crossing yeah this is pretty sick first B plun all right quick back flip off this yeah I want to see a layout double back and then death dive death so as you can see the trees are pretty dense here still and we have quite a ways to go before we're actually above tree line and can look at places to set up camp but in the meantime we're currently moving to this gigantic waterfall which is where we'll take our first break dude it's going to be a lot of ice and a lot of weaving our way around crevasses we like barely made it across a Bridge a couple weeks ago and it's only been hot so yeah he did the same route recently and he said it was nuts so well the sun is peeking out see it in the trees you know lights how's that weight feeling right now it's an honest it's an honest 60 lb pack yeah just came up out of this leeway right here making our way up I mean we're an easy 30 minutes in right now we're still trucking along long let's see let's talk let's talk staffs we got 500 ft of gain already only 25 minutes already wa we got R up there first peak of the mountain yeah there's the summit looking mean how much gain have we got so we can kind of like that's an easy 10 and 1 12,000 more to go yeah 10 and a half more yeah we got this little nice opening right here just continuing up it's nice day you can actually see it now so we just got our first full view of rer and it is an absolutely beautiful mountain this is the first time I've seen it in person and it's something for sure but anyways we're about an hour in getting up there and now coming in on the waterfall yeah imagine midwinter ice climbing that bad girl jumongi stuff right here that is snow that we will be climbing on and now it's down here do we hit the the the quick waterfall shower yeah waterfall shower I think here we go man dude this isn't even a plunge this is just pure pain how are we going to climb Mount rer if we can't even withstand 90 full seconds underneath that 90 seconds dude that's all you I'm not going to be in there that long it's so powerful dud I'm going wet from here help me all right so now we're pretty much fully prepared and before we left we saw this cool rainbow underneath the waterfall which was pretty interesting but now our main goal was just to get above tree line so we can get onto the actual Mountain where we will set up our camp we got an nice view coming in through here we're getting high up there the flowers They're popping I don't even have flowers at my house dud look at her beautiful come up on right near here now we can see the couch proper that thing is just huge see that Glacier coming down left it's getting clouded up there right now on the rain here that was kind of raw right there with these packs I'm going to be honest the trail gets worse from here H just like scree Marine ground yeah that scree is going to definitely be fun especially on shoes that are already falling aparts back on the Move moving up towards the mountain quick 500 calories Unstoppable now is there bug on my nose not cool bugs so at this point we're practically above Tree Line we still got a little bit more to go but now we have our entire climb just laid out right in front of us very nice what's not nice is we're going to have a lot of scree dirt and rock coming up before we get to Camp so that's going to be great we're on par with that Glacier right there now part of it dude this view is just so beautiful we're all the way in those valleys now we're no tree zone soon getting above tree line no no like the glacier will be woo moving up the scree now we're grinding up the scree we got these two like we're kind of on a ridge right now moving up this thing 6700 ft that brake spot was just right there 6,700 ft almost at 7,000 meaning we're 7,000 away from the Summits which is now in the clouds so as soon as we got on the mountain we were just hit with an unfathomable amount of scree which is just really loose dirt rock that you have to go on and when you're going uphill it just takes a lot out of you cuz you have to stabilize or else you slip and it hurts really bad if you slip on it we are in some scree territory right now dude's knocking over these giant Boulders like look at this like come on now Boulder send her clean her up that's just bound to hit someone at one point [Applause] see you [Applause] later that was pretty good good trundle that went far there's nobody oh we're getting above these surrounding Peaks now is anyone do you think anyone's up higher on the mountain right now it's got to be some other teams right well if I had to guess we'd see like maybe one team on the couch this time of year right it's not it's like end of season so less and less people are climbing it cuz it's getting icy and hard yeah well I'm excited to see these kasses you speak of this is sketch I know this is so loose that that rocks about it you know someone's going to like step on that thinking it's safe and that's going to be [Applause] them ho I didn't even touch it didn't even touch that thing dude there's a yellow jacket on me not again it's just flying around my camera wait I don't even know if it's yellow jacket what is this thing wait is he chilling with me right now where is he oh there's a bunch of them right here see this thing what is this honestly I think like they're attracted to Blue there's the brother right there lurking about on the Rocks dude he's not even camera shy what's good my boy oh he's gone now finally we're kind of out of that scree zone yeah now we're kind of like actually on the mountain you feel yeah fully above tree line now all rock and snow yeah we got the snow right here the Mountain's quiet just nature no nagging wife no taxes we were now finally off of the scree thank goodness now we just had these big bold in the snow on the side of us we're actually going to fall this snow all the way up until we get to Camp which is going to be our next big stepping stone before we push up even further tomorrow stay still for a second dude this bug getting that Free Ride get out of here Free Ride for this bro this man up the mountain have him bite me every every five minutes the bugs are just so weird in this the mountains of Washington see the general Camp location in there kind of past these two Hills right yeah yeah we're getting in there 4,000 ft of gain what is that you've been out here for 4 hours probably 351 351 see my sense of time is impeccable uh easy easy brother at least we have to put on our god well you have your glasses on but you know I go you know I risk it just kidding don't do that dude yeah the boots short Strat is real oh we looking good you got to adapt and overcome bit easier to move up this than on all those rocks so put on the boots so we're going to go like 400 or 700 ft more and find like a campsite up there somewhere in those clouds another 3,000 on Summit day about this dude's still here Trucking up this thing in the boots we're mountaineering now boots but shorts I mean this is the ultimate style this is all you need just bite's already moving up around 4,000 ft since the day started we now had our boots on and we're flying up this snow patch and at the top of it we're going to find a place to set up camp for the night makes sense yeah the sun's cracking out you can see Cloud line look at this Cloud line just moving in right now about to be just in the shade all right we've just been moving up this little snow patch side of the Van Trump Glacier now yeah the glacier's right there now we're at this little spot this Little Rock patch see if we can make C here yeah good spot for home perhaps oh it's built out for us that's ours right there all righty we're going to get camp set up get some water going and uh what time is it did you guys see that bug there's just no way there's not even a plant up here all right so our camp is just right up there got a few other climbers with us now obviously Summits up there that's actually not the true Summit there's a higher Summit it's just right behind it that's like 142 I think and then 14.4 th000 ft is the real Summit been pretty chill we've just been uh eating those RX bars getting those calories back I just uh went to the bathroom here behind this rock nice privacy we just basically go in these bags and then use the wipes and we're all set it's raw out here it's Primal yeah we made some beautiful distance today gainage wise mileage wise and uh tomorrow we'll be pushing back up moving across this Glacier toore up to the next camp and the night after or the morning after that I guess we're pushing for the summit so with that we settled into camp and got our sleep for tomorrow of course we're going to need it because we're going to be moving up around 3,000 ft up to Camp Hazard which will set us up perfectly for our Summit push the next day all right good morning day two Justin what time is it out here we're looking at 9:07 9:07 we got a good start today going to make it up below that Glacier Camp Hazard look at this dude like the clouds are just insane we've just been above them for the last 12 hours they've just been chilling there here we go pretty much the same weight as yesterday oh yeah I think we maybe ate a couple pounds of food but yeah trekking all the way up this get right beneath that Glacier now let's head on out of here we're feeling this today but you know what it feels kind of good I feel like I'm a part of my pack today I'm not wearing a pack you know that makes one of us so as you can see there's going to be a lot of vertical gain today there's obviously a lot of snow fields that we're going to have to cross and with the sun reflecting off of the snow it's going to get get hot out but of course we want to preserve as much energy as possible for our Summit day tomorrow because I mean just looking at the couch Glacier from here that thing is going to get intense I'm already feeling this glacial heat right now I know this guy's bringing me on a Traverse over here clean motion the couch is just pretty nasty right now oh yeah we're going to be on this for a while I can see the trail moving up this thing so straight ahead you can see all the snow we're going to be traversing on all day and I could just tell right off the bat that this was going to be a slog up to Camp Hazard feel like you have to exert so much more energy just kicking into the snow this is some slippery snow here get on the Rocks you going to be mody get on the Rocks we keep slipping coming up this oh look it we came from those rocks we're already pretty far we got to get these crampons on they so sick brother almost ate it with the crampons that was almost it that was almost the end I caught that on camera bro dang it look at this fool chill out we got the crampons on we even got the ice axes out look at that we're going to be moving up this thing check out this little stream you could actually drink that water that's what we were drinking although it's not that steep on What's called the Van Trump snowfield we had our ice axes out just in case cuz really I'm not trying to start sliding down this thing straight into these rocks I'm just not really feeling that today now a lot of you might be thinking why aren't we just walking on these rocks over here the snow is more consistent allows you to get into a better Pace rather than slipping on scree every couple seconds and having to readjust this snow is just so wacky though it's like bumpy yeah for reference so we're climbing this mid August right now best time to climb right near is what like late June July yeah late June early July yeah so the mountain is practically destroyed so it's now getting pretty steep really don't want to fall here especially with our heavy packs on so that's why we got our ice axes out as you can see we're just still moving up what's called the Van Trump snowfield you can see at the top of it it kind of flattens out a bit once we get to there we'll be at around 10,000 ft and then we can move up to Camp Hazard what are these streaks of red right here the algae algae yeah bro I don't even have algae at my house and there's algae up here 25k yeah 25 to 30 step UPS baby oo nice break spot right here and look at this so this is the Wilson Glacier got the whole other side of the mountain now that's the Wilson Glacier still above the clouds very far of course we got the uh Glacier up there and our Camp's right below it so we just got to tread up this giant you can see the Rocks we were on all the way down in the distance where our Old Camp was now we're just up there pretty much on par with Mount Adams over there because there is no running water up there we're going to save ourselves some time take from this stream we're going to get some nice minerals and whatnot in here give me that give me that water bro dude it doesn't even there's not even any in there it looks pretty clear all righty what's the review 10 out of 10 10 out of 10 10 out of 10 let's do this so you already know I indulged in an RX bar with this amazing view and now we actually had a direct line of sight of our routes especially the couch Glacier from where we are currently standing looks pretty menacing I'm not going to lie but now we just had a move from this break spot one final push up to Camp Hazard and then we'd rest there for the night and push up tomorrow morning all righty break done came up from down there next spot Camp Hazard another 2,000 ft the turtle snowfield are you serious who named this apparently it looks like a turtle I've never seen the turtle yeah I mean just looks like some snow to me look at these look at this terrain dude Mighty turtle look at these Sun cuffs they're only getting bigger I know it's so strange how they form this is going to be a big hill big push right here yeah straight into high camp making progress so the last snowfield that you have to truck up to get to Camp Hazard is called the turtle snowfields because it's shaped like a turtle honestly I don't even know I don't see it I'm not going to lie but all I do know is that I had some blisters on my feet and I was not a fan of the turtle snowfield oo we're just on those rocks that's where we took the break look at how broken this Glacier is so many cracks 350 ft she we about another 7 800 ft K high camp just broke into the 10 10 five figures bro only uh 4,100 ft to the top still that altitude come on now 7,200 we getting that altitude now absolutely just trucked up that thing we got to we got to get some water and that was hot but uh seems a little bit more mellow from here on out up until camp now Mount St Helens look so tiny oh weow Mount St Helens bro maybe you shouldn't have blown up you'd be a little bit higher all righty back on the move up the final part of the turtle snowfield we'll get up here at Camp Hazard it's got this big Hall in front of us holy smokes goer just made it up the entirety of the turtle snowfield almost dude that thing was brutal it was unrelenting like thing had so many switchbacks 35 40° no that it's melted out yeah now look it the ice we're getting close the couch Glacier right there the signature part of the climb we'll head up that tomorrow but our camp should be just like few hundred feet few hundred feet nice huge come on now welcome to high camp quick three and a half just kidding it was not quick that was brutal 3 and 1 half or 3,000 ft of gain all the way up that oh look at that look at that ice the couchs BAM end of the turtle now we're in this little area right here I'm going to find a spot to set up camp and that's just another day another dve brother come on y'all this is probably best campsite on the entire Mountain just to call the r look at this are you serious careful it's all loose yeah that looks a little sketch to step on but this is the upper C Glacier coming down this is where it Cals off and that's what we're climbing we're going up that monster the FID a get the amino acids get the vitamins the turmeric stuff right in there after every Climb Every push all right so we got the interior of the tent here of course pretty chill you know the drill sleeping bag these are jackets and the stuff sack as the pillows honestly nice setup here so yeah we should sleep pretty well tonight 10,000 ft you know we might get a little little iffy in the middle of the night but for the most part it should be pretty good what a nice view to just step out of the tent of and just see all that Mount Adams all the way off in the distance we're getting up there we'll be above it tomorrow midday oh oh Big Rock oh wait is it going to come out oh oh dude is still rolling oh Carnage Maximum Carnage oh dude that thing is not slowing down oh just hit that snow ripping through oh I fell in the crass right there so later that evening Justin decided to cook up the best chicken rice and broccoli I've ever had at 10,000 ft but anyways we went and watched the sunset we couldn't watch it for too long because we had to go to bed we had a big Summit day ahead of us we got the view right inside the tents nice 12-hour day ahead of us tomorrow let's go getting cozy going to be a brutal one it's time it's time for this Rainer Summit come on now let's get these contacts in pretty sketchy I uh got up to go to the bathroom at 2:00 a.m. and I probably pulled up like like right there that would have just been a tragic one just go right off that ledge that's how you go out we're going to the bathroom so we got our stuff together had some quick oats meal and we're about to get going we had a big route today 10 to 12 hour day minimum we're going to start off by leaving camp then we're going to drop down a little bit onto the couch Glacier from there we're going to have some really Steep and Technical climbing of course going to be using the ice axis and from there we're going to have to cross the entire upper Glacier up until we get to point success which is right near as one of three summits and then from there we'll move to the actual real Summit AT 14.4 th000 ft all right we got first light here heading up got the Rope we got the screws we got the ice picks let's go so yeah we're just going to have these rocks builded up to these rocks and we're going to drop down and then we'll get onto the glacier that's where it gets technical Co getting real so the first obstacle of our our Summit push was this small 20 30 foots drop down from here we're going to be able to get onto the glacier but it's just a very awkward down climb because of all the rocks on the side all righty got to peek in here o pure snow pure ice and look it we still got this chill low Ling Cloud well actually it's a little higher for sure yeah it's definitely getting higher but so are we Ryan down climbing the rock Step At First Light I got you o the squat the squat yeah get right over that thing too clean all right we'll pop out an ice ack sure go across this steep snow yeah just in case of the ice just in case we here we are just traversing over this little snow passageway the approach to the glacier yeah we're still well protected here but once we get past these rocks we'll be in that big ice ball zone so we're going to want to hustle through there to the base of the ice for the lust lust overhead right got to move fast no srax collapsing on us so before we can start making some actual elevation gain by Ice climbing we had to Traverse across the snow field this snowfield would lead us right below the cou ice shoots rockage not the Rocks not the rock better be the last time we're back ice here so H will come on if you're wondering why we're hustling that is just a Sak collapse down to happen up there yeah you can see the debris yesterday right so just came through from there that snow field worked our way up out of the hazards now we're just going to lock in on this ice well little 5:00 a.m. ice climbing never hurt yeah oh this is just p Ste this perfect snow a little dirty but that's what makes it good setting that first pitch just going to wait for this Ro man good thing we have helmets on these ice screws will save us basically they're just these little screws you put in the ice and acts as an anchor so you can tie into it to then if you fall you won't fall that far as in Falling straight down that and shooting off to into the distance oh look at that nice Sunrise he's moving so we are officially at the base of the couch ice shoot that's giant Glacier that we've been staring at the entire way up we were now about to climb so we really wanted to focus be super careful here we're just going to be doing pitches one after another until we get to the top of it and then from there we can start making our way to the actual Summits all right he's probably currently setting the next anchor rights now and we're going to head up up it's getting light out now Beauty no actually beautiful all right you just put me on ballet so now what we're going to do is we need to take our anchor out we're going to Stow these I'm going to unscrew this bad boy bam now we're going to get climbing got these bad boys let's go so I began up the first pitch now there's going to be about four of them total the first two as you see are going to start off pretty mellow the snow is still not in the best condition uh luckily the sun isn't hitting it right now but you know it's a little bit crumbly but I was really just focusing on my footwork getting all the points in that I can cuz we're still early into the day we have a long one ahead of us this is like kumu ice ball out here I see him he's so far up almost up to the first pitch making our way up here love that look at that just straight vert not really oh the shadow of the mountain is developing now this definitely get your Cals going let's go first pish complete look at that gain just like that good stuff let's go we're taking ground careful to swim close to each other remember I said the ice can fracture the other tool out true all right here we go second Pitch that's getting steep that is getting steep little bit of steep eyeos off the deck could I walk around it certainly easy there see this is why we're being safe as you can see behind me we are quite high up here now all right next pitch in action got to take apart all this now come on bro coming up all right it's definitely uh a little steep here steepest we've seen so now it's time for the second Pitch this one seems to be a little bit steeper than the first definitely feeling it in the calves much harder compared to your usual glacial travel but honestly I'm trying to get better at technical climbing so this was perfect for me oh yeah beautiful oh that gets steep right there let's go Bam Bam just locked in nice spot right here nice big boy L right under this big boy oh yeah all right just worked all the way up that oh you can see our tent right where the point of my ice ax is now we got this part A Little Less steep we can just work up this together until we're at that the massive walls so after completing the first two pitches we went to walk on this Traverse that's kind of in the ice shoot of the couchs on each side are giant ice walls and we're going to actually be cutting right once we get up this a little bit and then start climbing there and it's going to get pretty vertical get them back up towards the ice all right at the next pitch just been moving up that snow field yeah we're just going to be uh heading up this thing right now get some more vertical sections on this next pitch got these spikes yeah this is going to get pretty interesting for sure all righty come on now let's go this is going to be a good one nice that first layer is just breaking so this third pitch was definitely the most steep one so far and up ahead I could tell it gets pretty vertical but we're making some good progress so far nice and steep front points digging in big Larry right here there we go oh this little chimney all right just got to get over this light all right good oh beautiful nope not beautiful oh got to be kidding me that was crazy oh look it it continues so further up ahead I could see more ice chimneys so yeah this was definitely the most technical pitch we'd see today but we were making really good timing in elevation the snow and ice was still cold because the sun hadn't hit it yet so it was perfect the Cales a the Cales son look at this pitch mental and we got another pretty steep one coming up right here but first we're going to get some food in cuz it's probably been a couple hours time flies when you're when you're out here sun is coming up over there up on point success we got one more pitch and then it'll probably just be pretty just glacial walking up to the top right yeah glacial walking for a bit and then it'll be like 45 50° steeper snow nice still walking but just kind of steep for sure let's do this see what we got here woo so the fourth and final pitch was just as difficult and steep as the third coming up is going to be something justtin that taken a bit longer on this so I'm assuming there's some sort of obstacle that we're going to have to get over once we get up there we got this this is a mess right here did he go up this he must have bro all right really get in there okay all right these need to be really in here oh that's a strat right there get on the knees [Applause] ah goodbye oh he survived Ryan coming up the final steep pitch so after a solid couple hours of ice climbing we had finally made it up the entirety of the couchs ice shoot that would be our biggest obstacle it is the most technical parts of this Summit day but now we had a solid who knows 8 hours left of just grind so yeah this was still going to suck from here on out all right so now we just got some glacial Ascent kind of going to go left get in the Sun to the right then move up there that's not the Summits the true Summits behind it but made some really good progress here oh we can still see the tents it's an ant all righty come on no that was fun I'm not going to lie we're off the steepish section now we have going down it to look forwards to live footage of us getting into the sun I'm almost in it no more cold now we're going to be complaining about how hot it is in like 30 minutes though though so now as we were making our way up to the summit it was now revealed to me that everything Justin said about the glacier literally falling apart was true so we're going to have some interesting terrain coming up guard our first big crass many more to come perhaps all right so we're pretty much completely off of the technical climbing for now and so we go back down yeah look at that look at that gainage right now I mean what elevation are we at let's see looking like 12 122 123 okay so solid 2200 to the top yeah head up here bam and move up there but yeah there's some pretty big crass openings up there so we're going to have to see if we can work around those cuz look at this Glacier this thing is a broken heart see how weird his movement was how he zigzagged around well we're going to see why in a second YY just got to spot him see normally the Rope is right there I could cut straight to him but there is a big boy here it seems yeah that is quite a large one oh hit him with the Wombo Combo another one just right there holy smokes let's get out of here let's get out taking ground we're getting so high up here now you have that Alpine Vibe above the clouds they're kind of chasing us up here though light little crack here holy that's deep all right so now we're coming up on the sort of slope that'll lead us to point success and uh yeah that looks pretty steep getting up there you know when it looks steep from the approach that means it is actually going to be steep versus for the past like 20 minutes we've just been going up this more mellow slope but it's going to get gritty so as I just said we are currently on our way to point success basically rineer has three total Summits liberty cap point success and then Columbia Crest Columbia Crest is the true Summit but we're going to have to go over point success which is what you see here to get to it first and like falling off brother you'd just live in that thing dude if we were in Minecraft right now I'd totally build something in there and this one's huge too that is a snow Bridge Walk around this oh we are just completely on top of this thing I bet you in like a few days where we just stepped will be completely open yeah it depends how hot it gets big crack there big crack there there's also a crack there so we got to figure out a way to get pass off those as you can see oh there's that one crack dude that thing is huge that's actually unbelievable and these ones will probably be bigger these are the biggest Kass I've ever seen yeah is getting hot out here I only have a t-shirt underneath this so I don't want to put it on cuz I'll easily get sunburned super bad just pure step UPS right here I know the legs are feeling it ow I swear I never stumble off camera what are you saying there's a Kass right there just right in front of us yeah if you look left you can see where there's a hole so I just want to give it a wide birth cuz it's a it's a big one there quite a bit dude look at this we're in Alpine territory right now dude we are way up here a for us I don't think you'll get us though yeah I know the cloud seems to have slowed down they're like speeding up when it was getting warm though but so we were currently about ,000 ft away from point success and 1.4 th000 ft away from the true Summit now as you probably seen while we are working up here the snow is in a very weird shape and these are developing penitent penitentes are ice spikes that form when the sun turns the snow into water vapor without melting at first I don't even know the signs behind it but they were getting very annoying to move through and with the creases this terrain was getting absolutely brutal big obstacle here here's the gigantic crack we've been seeing this whole time coming up oh yeah that thing is no joke very wide pretty sweet sweet but indeed deadly dude the yeah these freaking spikes are this is just janky this is literally a maze so this was once flat just like yeah a few weeks ago a probably a couple month ago now couple months it looks like they run all the way up there too pow pow so now it was really hot the sun was reflecting off of the snow and we had these giant ice spikes that were very frustrating to move through because you essentially never had good footing you had to maneuver around these things constantly and you were easily burning two times more calories and energy than you were if it was just a steady slope but you know what sometimes you got to play with the cards you're dealt and grind through it anyways it's like bushwacking through ice that's that's so true look how cool this looks over here like it looks just so Alpine and like Frozen with the you know Fus srax yeah I mean I could tell it was steep from down there but like you know it's never as bad when you're looking up from it up to it then when you're on it it's like sheesh I'm so fed up with these spikes oh that was awful I know we got a worthy victim here brother is at least 4T tall any last words buddy nothing dang there we go that was not satisfying though that one was they're trying to get in our heads Justin they know if we get mad at them and we bushwack them we're just wasting energy and they're going to win brother this is diabolical I mean you're actually just scrambling over these things I'd give you fourth glass on this D you got to be careful not to sit on one some of them won't break dude the indigestion is getting real right now like the way you got to move your body in such weird ways my stomach doesn't like it my stomach does not like this it's all right we're at 138 now 138 just 200 feet to point success 200 feet of pain we're all suffering out here so after hours of pretty grueling climbing and thousands of feet of gain made we had about 200 ft left until we got to point success hopefully the penitentes aren't as bad up there so we can make our Traverse over to the true Summit without as much pain point success over this Crest the spikes are getting not as bad I got to go to bathroom really bad bathroom you got to use the bathroom yeah but it's like not the easy kind you know what I'm saying Justin is currently saying there she is so I'm assuming there's one of the Summits up here so we've made it up the couch pretty much and the summit we've been seeing is point success it's like few hundred feet below yeah Point sucess basically right here just this point yeah but over as we continue we can see the true Summit of Rainer which is like 200 ft higher made it up all that wonderful F yeah it looks pretty mellow from here on out but long-term plays to go to the bathroom right now what a spot all right final push just a nice 400 ft to the summit here I know you're tired man but we can't turn back now I'm going to do my best Ryan no we're in this we we just went to the bathroom over here we went in a bag of course just in that little crack finally flattening out a bit here just saying it's flattening out a bit here yeah less spikes you got them the mini boys but they're not as annoying as the big ones so as we were making our way up to the true Summit of Mount rer the penitentes were pretty much gone now but they were still slightly prominent so that it was annoying for you your footing was never actually that great and you were constantly sliding around and I already knew I was going to have some bad blisters by the end of the day just a bit of distance and a bit of elevation and we'll be up there this is in indeed been a slog I think we might do it dude I don't know I don't know if I got it in me rope me in rope me in Brother come on get in there let's go well done oh there's the crater good stuff let's go highest point in Washington well earned crater right there right that whole this is the crater this is a crater craters full of craters so in 6 and 1/2 hours we had made it from Camp Hazard to the summit of Mount reer and honestly just so blessed to have this amazing weather it was so nice up there we spent a solid 30 or so minutes just taking in the view and whatnot but I was pretty tired at this point we went up really fast and our legs were feeling not the greatest so we're going to have to be super careful going back down so that we don't fall especially when we get back into the couch I shoots all righty been up here for a solid 30ish minutes or something getting cold so we're going to head down and we got a uh pretty long way to go down there so going to get some B threads going on that glacier when we repel so I'll be interesting and we we eat in once we get back we're in the trenches right now the body is struggling this will suck this is a pretty sick looking descent I know a h look at you you're just right on the edge right there on the edge goodbye Summit this will truly be a test of patience moving through these so as you can probably imagine especially after spending 30 minutes sitting on the summit my legs were devastated we were devastated moving back through these penitentes even though they had gone a little bit smaller but yeah we just had to stay focused try to not get too bad of blister so we can make our way out of here tomorrow after we get back to camp tonight all right we're finally off of this steep part with all the spikes thank goodness bam we were once all the way up there and we're just going to launch down this bad boy right here till we get back to Camp which is on those rocks so now we are back in the Couch's ice shoot and we were going to have to carefully repel ourselves down luckily the ice was still pretty good so here's Justin making some V threads basically he's digging a v into the ice and then he can put the Rope through it and then we'll repel off of the Rope there so the ice is acting as our anchor instead of the screws that you saw earlier she ni come on Justin has left me there he goes man is just in this V thread right now this is all that's holding him and Su me we are repelling nice drop right here come on now now that 7 8T drop right there was a pretty fun repel it was an obtuse angle it was kind of inclined over you as you were going pretty fun we still had a lot left to go though we were just trying to stay focused until we can get back to camp bra BR that in catch the end if you can no s on your right on the way down we came across this icicle that was just dripping a ton of water so we decided to fill up our water bottles so we didn't have to melt snow later come on now is getting soaked yeah mine is as well straight out the icicle we just repelled off of Rainer the couch Glacier smooth sailing just got to go over that our tent it's right there yeah I see our tent we just got to get off the snow then a little bit down and then boom home sweet home let's go ye get those off there you have it the couch still have to get down from here but that's the dangerous part I guess made it back safely we're all the way up there now we're back down at Camp give us the total time what was it oh yeah Camp to camp today it's 4:00 so we're 11 hours 11 hours we'll take it with that our third day on the mountain had ended we made it to the summit and back down to camp in 11 hours and now all there was really left to do was to go to bed and then on day four we woke up ready to get on out of here all right we've just packed up camp we're all ready to go we got the big packs on bye couchs back down the snow field we go come here buddy ah you know then you're probably well it's safe to say the quads are destroyed the Cals are destroyed we made some insane timing apparently we burned 5K plus calories yesterday and we just hustled down this mountain yeah we lost 7,500 ft today 7.5k of deine see man is tripping into the lot man is tripping into the lot but hey come here come on now good stuff come on now that's going to be so fun the rer couch climb subscribe for more climbs we'll be out here with this man again not sure what the next one is so comment down below what you guys want to see see you