Awesome Gigapixel Virtual tour of Mt. Everest Glaciers

A great virtual look at Everest base camp, you can even go inside a tent to see the exhibit that was set up there.

If you've ever been to Mount Rainier National Park, and driven up to the Paradise Lodge and visitor center, then from there the distance to the summit of Rainier (as the crow flies) is about 4.5 miles.

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From Everest base camp to the summit, the distance (as the crow flies) is also about 4.5 miles.

The elevation gain from Paradise lodge to the summit of Rainier is about 9,000 feet, and from base camp to the summit of Everest it's about 11,000 feet.

Not a lot of difference until you consider that the base camp for Everest is already a good 3,000 feet above the summit of Rainier.

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Mount Rainier from Seattle, elevation gain of 14,000 feet.
 
Awesome!
Thanks Karda!


Steve, I've been to Rainier, and had heard that many people use it to train for Everest. I guess except the elevation difference, they are very similar.
 
Thanks for the picture, Karda.

Steve, I climbed up Ranier with a couple of buddies in the '70s. A beautiful mountain. Since then, mostly I poke around the base.
 
Shinook said:
...I've been to Rainier, and had heard that many people use it to train for Everest. I guess except the elevation difference, they are very similar.
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Yes, Rainier in the winter is supposedly a good training ground for Everest. The elevation of Everest makes a huge difference, though. Climbing the normal route up Rainier is usually done in 2 days round trip from the parking lot at Paradise, while it of course takes much more time to climb Everest from the base camp.

Comparing the fastest times for climbing these two mountains up the normal routes, a Sherpa made it to the summit of Everest in only 20 hours from base camp without supplemental oxygen or drug aids, an amazing feat considering the elevation, while the summit of Rainier has been reached from the parking lot at Paradise in only 3 hours.
 
Wow!!! Radical pictures...I once free climbed a rock wall, and literally almost fell twenty feet and ended up a dead man...that sort of ended all my dreams of David the Intrepid rock climbing, mountain topping, most interesting rock climber in the world who speaks Russian...in French...or some stuff like that. Anyway, thanks for that Karda, that was awesome. And Steve, as always, another reason to quote Iron man, with a twist, "Is it better to fear or love Sherpas, Gurkha's, and others who live such lives as they? Is it too much to ask for both?" Not really, says I. Peace.
David
 
Thank you Karda! It was just this morning that I was saying how much I would like to visit the area and at least go to Base Camp. Climbing Everest is not an option for me, but a partial adventure to Base Camp and a little higher...perhaps.
 
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