Night hiking in Paradise

NorthCascades
NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
A good friend and I went down to Rainier yesterday. We arrived at Paradise in a white out in mid afternoon; the forecast predicted fog in the morning burning off before lunch leaving bring sunshine the rest of the day. Instead, we got proverbial pea soup. We hiked a few miles up the unrelentingly steep moraines until the clouds pulled back for a second, revealing a jaw dropping view, then came back in and blotted out the sun again. There wasn't much to do except find a nice place to wait and hope. Tahoma delivered in spades. We left with the moon and hiked out with head lamps and flashlights.

Here's my buddy exploring a moraine:

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We went a little further and there was no more grass so we came back here and hoped it would be above the clouds by night fall.

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Some hikers packing up to leave:

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Finally, the reason I dragged 10 pounds of camera gear up and down the mountain arrived.

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Replies

  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    Oh my God, NC. Those are stunning. Are you selling your images somewhere?
  • jst1986
    jst1986 Posts: 204 Member
    Absolutely incredible images!
  • JBanx256
    JBanx256 Posts: 1,479 Member
    Just here to say you always post the most awesome pics
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,617 Member
    Wow.

    This set is even wowwier wow than your usual high level of photographic wow.

    Thank you for sharing the photos. So, so beautiful!
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    cmriverside wrote: »
    Oh my God, NC. Those are stunning. Are you selling your images somewhere?

    I don't sell them, but I'm going to have to have some of these for myself. I'm sure we can get the printer to make them available to you. Send a PM and we'll figure it out. 🙂
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    edited September 2022
    I like both of the ones with the three volcanoes! I actually have that iconic image taken of them above the clouds in a large frame. Mine is taken in the daylight though, and taken before it was possible to catch the Milky Way with the newer technology. That's just an unbelievable image, especially the top one. Thank you - I will PM you!

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