This image probably bears more explanation now that I’m back home and safe. We tried for Camp Muir today (a little past midway up on Rainier), with varying stages of completion on the entire (strenuous, exhausting, rock-and-snow-covered) climb up. A good time was had by all, and more importantly, good hiking preparedness by all involved resulted in no losses to life or limb.
Also, that side of Rainier apparently now gets 3 bars of LTE, which is how this was posted from the mountainside. Neat.