Bob and I hiked from the Paradise Visitors Center on Mt. Rainier to Camp Muir yesterday. I think I am now a little more a part of the northwest since I joined the REI collective. I needed boots for hiking, work and the motorcycle. I hope these do all three. They may be a little too nice for work, but I had to bite the bullet and get them. The hike itself was difficult, as it was last year. It took us 4 1/2 hours to make it up there. The snowpack was smaller than last year with crevasses, water and tricky routes around them. I'd take a half marathon over this hike almost any day. It was humbling. This panorama shows the Muir Snowfield but the small size of this picture does not do it justice, and it also doesn't convey the sheer steepness of the incline. The pictures I took last year were more scenic. Yay for the sun!