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Anonymous Thu 17 Mar 2022 07:54:20 No.2321392 View View Reply Original Report

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>2k+ to hire a guide for Rainier

Do people really pay that much for this?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Mar 2022 07:57:15 No.2321393 Report

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>>2321392
I'll do it for 1.9

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Mar 2022 08:03:37 No.2321394 Report

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>>2321392
Probably cheaper than acquiring all your own gear and equal experience

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Mar 2022 08:12:12 No.2321395 Report

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>>2321392
Going to try and summit it next year. I can nearly see it from my bedroom window, but never climbed it. Been to camp muir a couple times though.

If it goes well I'm going to keep it up, being a mountain guide could be a very fun job.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Mar 2022 08:15:30 No.2321397 Report

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>>2321392
>Do people really pay that much for this?
Rich people who fly across the country, and don't want to deal with any hassle whatsoever, will of course pay that much.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Mar 2022 09:25:29 No.2321407 Report

Quoted By: >>2321441 >>2321449 >>2321477

>>2321392
I’m considering on becoming a wilderness guide of somekind, but god damn the thought of some lazy normies paying me money to provide them with some kind of outdoors experience really brings my piss to a boil.
I mean it’s hard enough when you have difficult friends with you, but couldn’t even imagine doing something like that with clueless normies. But a mans gotta eat.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Mar 2022 10:53:52 No.2321435 Report

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>>2321392
I’ve seen much lower prices, but it really depends on what’s included. Have you ever priced a private shuttle just going to a remote location? I don’t know if you noticed, but there’s no airport at the base of Rainer. They also provide all of the gear you’ll need, and at this price it might even include boots. They take care of permits as well, though I’m not sure how big of a deal that actually is. And traveling to climb a mountain is pretty risky, considering most people in general don’t live near mountains and can’t gain much experience, even at lower elevations.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Mar 2022 11:39:24 No.2321441 Report

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>>2321407
i dont think you should become a guide

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Mar 2022 12:45:36 No.2321449 Report

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>>2321407
it's not for you, anon

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Mar 2022 13:42:51 No.2321477 Report

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>>2321407
Don't become a guide. You don't have the right temperament for it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Mar 2022 14:14:02 No.2321482 Report

Quoted By: >>2321993

Serious question, i'd like to do rainier one day, but how does one get glacier experience without a guide?

t. done plenty of winter mountaineering but all unglaciated and unroped

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Mar 2022 14:28:29 No.2321497 Report

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>>2321392
This thread again?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Mar 2022 14:57:03 No.2321518 Report

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>>2321477
>>2321449
>>2321441
Shut up. I have been working customer service for 10 years so I have temperament for days when push comes to shove.
And like I said I need to eat. I need a job.
Being a wilderness guide has good sides in it too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Mar 2022 14:58:47 No.2321520 Report

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>>2321497
>This thread again?
yes, people who don't go outdoors need to find something to complain about to feel better about their /in/cel lives

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Mar 2022 15:01:46 No.2321522 Report

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>>2321520
Ironically this is the first post with nothing but complaining.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Mar 2022 16:14:16 No.2321556 Report

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>>2321435
>>2321518
ngmi

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Mar 2022 16:16:42 No.2321561 Report

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>>2321392
>Do people really pay that much for this?

All the guided tours were booked the last I checked, so that's a yes. I'll probably do my first guided expedition in the Ecuador volcanoes which is a hell of a lot more affordable.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Mar 2022 19:46:22 No.2321663 Report

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>>2321561
Flying to Ecuador is cheaper than getting a tour on Ranier?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Mar 2022 22:19:49 No.2321766 Report

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>>2321392
thats considered cheap
mountaineering types are usually richfags who have to casually drop $50k on a hiking weekend to feel any semblance of joy
the hobby is literally just a competition to see who can spend the most money for bragging rights

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Mar 2022 23:29:20 No.2321802 Report

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>>2321392
Absolute retards do.

Walking up the DC route on rainier is trivial if you are physically fit. Anyone who pays thousands for this is retard.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Mar 2022 23:56:08 No.2321808 Report

Quoted By: >>2322001 >>2322025

>>2321802
>Walking up the DC route on rainier is trivial if you are physically fit. Anyone who pays thousands for this is retard.
yeah but how else are you gonna get a permit if you're solo?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 00:17:39 No.2321815 Report

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>>2321663
Yeah. Flights to Quito are like $300-500 round trip depending on time of year. Guided climb is under a grand. Example:
https://www.imagineecuador.com/chimborazo-mountain-climbing-tours-trips/

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 00:44:10 No.2321832 Report

Quoted By: >>2321855 >>2321864

Would /out/ pay $500 to learn how to camp?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 01:24:55 No.2321855 Report

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>>2321832
$900 for 2 nights hahaha they fucking hate loners

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Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 01:30:40 No.2321864 Report

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>>2321832
Fuck man...I don´t know why reading this made me sad.
I feel sorry for the retards who fall for this shit. I mean, they are completely retarded, but they probably don´t know better.
How much of a soulless cunt do you have to be, to charge people $900 for something they can do for free? Like, how can you sit there at the campfire, looking that pure moron in the eye, and not be like "I´m sorry I did this, this is a scam for literal retards, here´s the money back."
Maybe I lack criminal energy. Even though this is legal. But you know what I mean.

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Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 01:37:15 No.2321871 Report

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>>2321855
yeah good point, for $100 more you can get an extra day with a bunch of <35 singles with an REI guided tour

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Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 01:48:04 No.2321877 Report

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>>2321864
>How much of a soulless cunt do you have to be, to charge people $900 for something they can do for free?
That's the "you're making me babysit you over the weekend when I could be spending time with my family" surcharge

>pic related, they charge less to climb Baker even though the trip is just as long

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 07:39:03 No.2321993 Report

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>>2321482
If you are in the PNW your best bet is to find a climbing group/club that has mountaineering courses, look at AAC if you don't know where to start in your area. Usually those clubs have frequent attempts at summiting different mountains and usually you can skip the course if you have experience with glaciated peaks. Whether or not you get picked to join the climb is up to the leader and they look at previous experience and references from other climbers. If you just want to summit Rainer and stop after that than just get a guide

t. taking a mountaineering course because its cheaper than a guide and you learn a lot more

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 08:30:11 No.2322001 Report

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>>2321808
Find someone in one of the various PNW mountaineering groups online.

Or just go up without a permit. To get away with this in peak season you will probably have to take a route other than the DC route though. Kautz is a fun choice.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 09:57:10 No.2322024 Report

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>>2321518
>I flip burgers so I know how to deal with nervous untrained normies halfway up a mountain hyperventilating

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 09:57:29 No.2322025 Report

Quoted By: >>2322040 >>2322041

>>2321808
>permit
is there l locked 100ft tall wall all the way around the mountain with cameras and machine gun turrets? just walk up it

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 11:39:54 No.2322040 Report

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>>2322025
During the popular season a bunch of mountain jannies hang out at camp muir. So take a route that doesn't pass through camp muir.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 11:43:53 No.2322041 Report

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>>2322025
lmao just free climb Ranier without a permit bruh

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 12:30:37 No.2322058 Report

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>>2322041
"free climb"

the DC route is just walking

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 17:05:19 No.2322197 Report

Quoted By: >>2322442 >>2322469

>>2321877
>pic related, they charge less to climb Baker even though the trip is just as long

Mt. Baker is considered less technical than Rainer. A lot of people suggest Baker as a training climb for Rainer.

Source: I summited Baker, but for Rainer I haven't attempted that (though I have gotten up to camp Muir on Rainer and snow-cave camped there)

BTW, going to just Camp Muir is basically totally non technical, its a good shake down hike for you to do on your own before you fork out $2k for a big climb attempt.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 22:21:58 No.2322442 Report

Quoted By: >>2322469

>>2322197
the CD on Baker is not any less technical than the DC on Rainier, bother are just walking

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 18 Mar 2022 23:10:07 No.2322469 Report

Quoted By: >>2322587

>>2322442
>>>2322197
>the CD on Baker is not any less technical than the DC on Rainier, bother are just walking

I am just going off of what the more experienced person with us was saying. I thought it had something to do with the danger of the glacier/crevasse areas (more variable at Rainier maybe?).
To be fair, that guy was an amazing climber, who actually has rescued two folks from a crevasse fall on Rainer a few years ago, so I kinda trust him more than the basket weavers on this forum.
The chad - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKBC_erRLnQ

If true though maybe I am better set up for Rainier than I thought, just gotta start hiking with weighted packs again.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 19 Mar 2022 01:34:59 No.2322532 Report

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>>2321392
>Rainier
>needing a guide
The guides are for Seattle tech millionaires who want to be seen as adventurous and have no mountaineering experience.
I had a friend in middle school who had climbed it with her dad.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 19 Mar 2022 03:20:10 No.2322583 Report

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>>2321392
>needing a guide for Rainer
Just follow all the other people.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 19 Mar 2022 03:30:34 No.2322587 Report

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>>2322469
In peak season both the Coleman-Deming route on Baker and Disappointment Cleaver route on Rainier are just well-packed boot trails anyone can easily follow.

There is very little danger of falling into a crevasse on either unless you are being dumb.

Late season or early season is a different story.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 19 Mar 2022 06:13:26 No.2322637 Report

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>>2321392
how many days?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 19 Mar 2022 19:49:28 No.2322950 Report

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Protip: DC route is basically guided for everyone. There are like 5+ guided groups going up every day, you will definitely end up trailing and talking to the guides. If someone does end up in a crevasse, you probably wont have time to set up a rescue system before 5 dudes walk over to you and pull the rope up.

Personal experience doing the DC last year during the crazy heat wave, on the way down a major snow bridge had collapsed and the alternate bridge was like 2 ft wide. 3 guides from different groups worked together to anchor in a handline across it.

Tl;Dr on DC like 1 in 4 climbers are ringers who will help you out anyways if you need it

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Mar 2022 18:27:07 No.2325002 Report

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>>2321392
>2k is allot
Commoner.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Mar 2022 19:13:09 No.2325020 Report

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>>2322040
>keeping walking

Will they really tackle you?

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