Angel's Rest

First training hike with the climbing group today. We hit the Angel's Rest trail, which is a nice starter trail. Beautiful weather at the Gorge (no rain, no wind). Good pace up the trail, and fun conversation with new friends on the trail and at lunch afterwards. Fortunately all the physical training I've done so far made it pretty easy to keep up with the fast group, so feeling good about training progress.

Some of the group on the trail

Columbia river from the top

Unfortunately, not doing as well with fundraising progress (about 3% of the way there so far). Need to get the word out there a little bit more. Just found out too that my spot on the climb is not secure until funds are raised, and only the first 54 people to get the money in are guaranteed a spot. Any help with spreading the word or any ideas on fundraising greatly appreciated. (Of course any donation also appreciated, go to my fundraising website here).

Now, just for fun: The Rainier climb is a 2 day climb of approximately 17 miles with 9,000 feet of elevation gain. I'm going to add all the training hikes up to see how they compare to the climb and post after each hike.

Rainier: 17 miles 9,000 feet elevation gain

Training Hikes so far: 4.5 miles 1,500 feet elevation gain