4 Missing on Mount Rainier After Being Missing for a Week

Posted on 1/27/2012 by Roger Rowlett

Hope is dwindling on finding 4 climbers reported missing for more than a week on Mount Rainier on the Disappointment Cleaver Route. They are Mark Vucich, 37, of San Diego, and Michelle Trojanowski, 30, of Atlanta. The two were planning to camp at the Muir snowfield. Sork “Erik” Yang, 52, of Springfield, Oregon, and Seol Hee Jin, 52, from Korea.

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Lost Hiker Burned Money to Keep Warm at Mount Rainier

Posted on 1/24/2012 by Roger Rowlett

Here’s an amazing story of Yong Chun Kim, of Tacoma, Wash., who burned $1 and $5 bills to keep warm after being separated from his group while snowshoeing in Mount Rainier National Park.

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History of Washington,DC’s highest point Fort Reno

Posted on 1/9/2012 by Roger Rowlett

DCist has an interesting history of Fort Reno which is DC’s highpoint. It notes that the fort was originally called Fort Pennsylvania and was the “largest and most heavily armed fort in the city” during the Civil War. It also notes the area was once called “Friendship.”

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Amazing Story of Helicopter Escorting Hikers Out of Rainier After Shooting

Posted on 1/3/2012 by Roger Rowlett

here’s an amazing story (with lots of photos) on nwhikers.net of a hiker who was escorted from a campsite by a helicopter following the New Year Day murder of a Rainier ranger (authorities were concerned people in the park could be shot for their supplies).

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15-Year-Old Jordon Romero Youngest to Complete 7 Summits With Summit on Vinson Massif

Posted on 1/3/2012 by Roger Rowlett

Jordan Tebow's...in Antarctica
15-year-old Jordan Romero completed Vinson Massif on Christmas Eve 2011 making him the youngest person to complete all 7 summits.
*Jordanromero.com
*Wikipedia profile

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Time Lapse of Geminid Meteor Shower By Mount Whitney

Posted on 12/13/2011 by Roger Rowlett

Fleeting Light: The High Desert and the Geminid Meteor Shower from Henry Jun Wah Lee on Vimeo.

The Geminid Meteor shower is tonight. Here’s a time lapse from last year in the Alabama Hills by Mount Whitney.

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Monument to Douglas Fir Namesake David Douglas on Mauna Kea where he died

Posted on 12/9/2011 by Roger Rowlett

Joe, Douglas monument. Douglas was killed near here.
An article on Christmas trees notes that David Douglas for whom the Douglas fir is named died while climbing on Mauna Kea when he fell into animal trap which was soon occupied by a bull. A monument to him is on mountain where he died Ka lua kauka (“Doctor’s Pit” in the Hawaiian language), off Mānā Road.

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European Crisis on Mauna Kea: Dutch Leave Telescope; British Expected to Follow Suit

Posted on 11/25/2011 by Roger Rowlett

The Dutch will withdraw their 20 percent ownership of the James Clark Maxwell Telescope in 2013. Meanwhile the British are expected to withdraw their 25 percent ownership of Gemini.

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Sasquatch (a.k.a Big Red Eye) Spotted at High Point

Posted on 11/22/2011 by Roger Rowlett


Here’s a report on people looking for the mythical creature Big Red Eye believed to the be the New Jersey Sasquatch.

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Mount Sunflower Extensively Vandalized

Posted on 11/18/2011 by Roger Rowlett

Mount SunflowerThe Hays Daily News reports that Ed and Cindy Harold have reported the worst vandalism ever on Mount Sunflower noting that somebody likely using a flatbed pickup extensively “Mount Sunflower” sign made of railroad spikes, created by Ed Harold, and a limestone marker commemorating his grandparent’s homesteading as well as a limestone fence post and the mailbox containing a visitor’s registration book.

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