PCT Day 107 - Mt Rainier

I usually have ambitions of leaving the hotel early and getting a good start after a town stop. Unfortunately this never happens as the temptation of the warm bed and hot coffee delay our start. Today we did pretty good and were on the trail by 10am. The first 15 miles were boring as we were walking in heavy tree cover but I passed the time by keeping an eye out for a missing hiker. Someone disappeared in this 100 mile stretch a few years ago and at some point we will walk right next to his skeleton. I’m sure at some point someone will stumble upon him and be able to give his family the closure they are looking for. As the miles slipped by we eventually begin to incline and could see Mt Adams and Knife’s Edge to the south. Both look amazing in the afternoon sky and made me want to come back even more to redo that section. By evening and as the ascent creates we could finally see Mt Rainier in all her glory filling the sky. We’re so close to the giant mountain and only now truly seeing it for the first time