Well, Seth safely returned home to us with only a dislocated shoulder. Besides that he is all in one piece, and tells me he is putting extreme mountaineering on hold for a while. Thank goodness! Hearing about his trip was pretty terrifying–80 mph winds (which constantly sounds like a jet airplane), hiking on 5 ft wide ice bridges between 100 ft wide/1,000 ft deep crevices, freezing weather to the point where you can’t move your fingers or mouth, blazing sun, two scary ice pitches, lack of sleep because wind is so loud and it’s so cold. At one point Seth dropped his gloves, but luckily and thankgoodness retrieved them (mind you, everything is ice and vertical). And on the way down the summit, somehow he tripped and started to fall down an ice chute but his ice ax basically saved his life (hence the dislocated shoulder). Amidst all that, they did make it to the top. Here’s a few pictures taken below the summit. Of course, pictures sometimes don’t do justice.
Oh my goodness! I can’t believe his climb. I am so glad that nothing worse happened than his shoulder. I hope it heals quickly!
Welcome Home Seth. I don’t know if I would want to hear all the scary things that happened to him on his trip. I hope he has a full recovery of sleep and his shoulder.
WOW! Seth I am so glad you made it home without anything worse happening to you. It sounded like an exciting adventure but I am glad to hear you are holding off on more climbs for awhile. If anything do it for the sake of your lovely wife’s nerves.
What an adventure. I’m glad he’s staying home for a while though!!
Welcome back Seth, we need to get together so I can hear all about the climb, because Heaven knows it’s the only way I’ll ever know what Mt. Ranier is like (since I’ll never be doing this myself).
Oh my my Seth, glad you are okay! What an adventure and accomplishment. Darleen-I feel relieved for you and your family.
holy cow, that is crazy. i’m glad he’s decided to take a break from his adventures…
These pictures are incredible! Wow! So glad he’s safe!!