Great Article from Middle America about Mountaineering

An Honest account of climbing and falling

Mountain climbing is sort of an “out there” sport for more than 90% of the US. The only people who obviously undertake the sport are “nuts” according to your garden variety suburbanite. Finding a well written account of falling into a crevasse while climbing Mt Rainer is unexpected.

The article has some interesting issues. The fall is described as scary but the climber also took some pictures while in the crevasse. Even more interesting is a fairly good quote from the owner of the climbing company that does not incriminate or avoid the issues in the article.

It is refreshing to find a fairly good article about mountaineering in a New York newspaper.

See Unforgettable fall