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		<title>Investigation Into How McKinley Climber Perished While Following Guide&#8217;s Orders and Another Climber Ignoring the Orders Survived</title>
		<link>http://americasroof.com/archives/2461</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 13:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Rowlett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Alaska Dispatch has an amazing investigation into the May 2011 death of Beat Neiderer on Mount McKinley. Neiderer had stayed at Denali Pass to award rescue on his guide&#8217;s instructions and wound up freezing to death while another injured climber Lawrence Cutler descended solo to base camp and survived.]]></description>
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		<title>Mount Sunflower Repairs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 01:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Rowlett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Repairs are being made to Mount Sunflower which was heavily vandalized last year.]]></description>
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		<title>Time Lapse of Timberline Lodge</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Rowlett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stars at night Mt. Hood Timberline Lodge, Oregon USA. Time Lapse Video by Steven Koch Photography. from Steven Koch on Vimeo. We&#8217;re always a sucker for time lapse videos. Above is a 13 second night timelapse (shot over 5 hours) behind Timberline Lodge.]]></description>
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		<title>Timberline Posts Plans for Water Park on April Fools Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 19:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Rowlett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Timberline posted today plans to open at Water Park at Timberline Lodge. Let&#8217;s see. It&#8217;s April Fools, right?]]></description>
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		<title>Nifty Photos of Mount Rainier&#8217;s Lenticular Clouds</title>
		<link>http://americasroof.com/archives/2447</link>
		<comments>http://americasroof.com/archives/2447#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Rowlett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Clouds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The UK Mail has some nifty photos of the lenticular clouds on Mount Rainier.]]></description>
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		<title>Mile&#8230;Mile &amp; A Half Documentary on Hiking the John Muir Trail</title>
		<link>http://americasroof.com/archives/2445</link>
		<comments>http://americasroof.com/archives/2445#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Rowlett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[MILE&#8230;MILE &#038; A HALF (trailer) from The Muir Project on Vimeo. A very nice nice documentary on hiking the John Muir Trail is out (Mile&#8230;Mile &#038; A Half).]]></description>
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		<title>Mount Rainier Concession Up For Bid</title>
		<link>http://americasroof.com/archives/2443</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Rowlett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Concessions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mount Rainier National Park is preparing to open bids to run the concessions in the park. Mount Rainier Guest Services currently operates the concessions including Paradise Inn and National Park Inn and has the contract since 1987. Its contract was to expire Dec. 31 but has been extended to December 31, 2012]]></description>
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		<title>Fatality on Mount Hood on Feburary 6, 2012</title>
		<link>http://americasroof.com/archives/2440</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Rowlett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The body of 32-year-old Jared Townsley was found on February 7 at about 9,200-feet on Mount Hood. He had been reported missing on February 6 after not returning.]]></description>
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		<title>Man Arrested for &#8220;Stealing&#8221; Glacier</title>
		<link>http://americasroof.com/archives/2438</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Rowlett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Police in Patagonia, Chile have arrested a man for stealing 5 tons of ice from the Jorge Montt Glacier to be used for cocktail drink ice.]]></description>
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		<title>Mauna Kea Covered in Snow</title>
		<link>http://americasroof.com/archives/2028</link>
		<comments>http://americasroof.com/archives/2028#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Rowlett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s Mauna Kea covered in snow.]]></description>
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		<title>4 Missing on Mount Rainier After Being Missing for a Week</title>
		<link>http://americasroof.com/archives/2426</link>
		<comments>http://americasroof.com/archives/2426#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Rowlett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lost Hiker Burned Money to Keep Warm at Mount Rainier</title>
		<link>http://americasroof.com/archives/2423</link>
		<comments>http://americasroof.com/archives/2423#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Rowlett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rescues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;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.]]></description>
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		<title>Auroras From Mount Washington</title>
		<link>http://americasroof.com/archives/2432</link>
		<comments>http://americasroof.com/archives/2432#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Rowlett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Mount Washington Observatory shared this view of auroras on January 22, 2011, during the big aurora outbreak this this week.]]></description>
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		<title>Fatal Fall at Tuckerman Ravine</title>
		<link>http://americasroof.com/archives/2430</link>
		<comments>http://americasroof.com/archives/2430#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Rowlett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[46-year-old Patrick Scott Powers of Mansfield., Mass, fell 800 feet from Tuckerman Ravine while descending Mount Washington on January 9, 2011.]]></description>
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		<title>History of Washington,DC&#8217;s highest point Fort Reno</title>
		<link>http://americasroof.com/archives/2421</link>
		<comments>http://americasroof.com/archives/2421#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Rowlett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DCist has an interesting history of Fort Reno which is DC&#8217;s highpoint. It notes that the fort was originally called Fort Pennsylvania and was the &#8220;largest and most heavily armed fort in the city&#8221; during the Civil War. It also notes the area was once called &#8220;Friendship.&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>Amazing Story of Helicopter Escorting Hikers Out of Rainier After Shooting</title>
		<link>http://americasroof.com/archives/2415</link>
		<comments>http://americasroof.com/archives/2415#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Rowlett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[here&#8217;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).]]></description>
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		<title>15-Year-Old Jordon Romero Youngest to Complete 7 Summits With Summit on Vinson Massif</title>
		<link>http://americasroof.com/archives/2412</link>
		<comments>http://americasroof.com/archives/2412#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Rowlett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
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		<title>Time Lapse of Geminid Meteor Shower By Mount Whitney</title>
		<link>http://americasroof.com/archives/2409</link>
		<comments>http://americasroof.com/archives/2409#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Rowlett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fleeting Light: The High Desert and the Geminid Meteor Shower from Henry Jun Wah Lee on Vimeo. The Geminid Meteor shower is tonight. Here&#8217;s a time lapse from last year in the Alabama Hills by Mount Whitney.]]></description>
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		<title>Monument to Douglas Fir Namesake David Douglas on Mauna Kea where he died</title>
		<link>http://americasroof.com/archives/2406</link>
		<comments>http://americasroof.com/archives/2406#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 05:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Rowlett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 (&#8220;Doctor&#8217;s Pit&#8221; in the Hawaiian language), off [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European Crisis on Mauna Kea: Dutch Leave Telescope; British Expected to Follow Suit</title>
		<link>http://americasroof.com/archives/2404</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 02:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Rowlett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hawaii]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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