I'm planning a trip to go climb Mt. Rainier, in Washington, next May. I'm trying to get 2 more people to go so that we will have 5 people in our group, I have 2 other people in mind that have already climbed it, that both said they would want to do it again in May with me. I have already started training and planning out everything that I will need for it. I have already applied for my REI grant for it, which will give me $300 towards the equipment I'll need, and I'm going to apply for the permit soon.

Check out http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/150291/mount-rainier.html for more about the mountain and more pictures.

And if you want to possibly come let me know.







- Aubrey

We finally got the internet and cable this morning, so I'm going to make a somewhat long update (mainly pictures).  We've been in Arizona for about 2 weeks now, we're starting to figure everything out for the most part, and we both started work again, which is a relief.  It's a lot different then it is back home out here, there's no such thing as hospitality, but it's sunny everyday, and it's definitely one of the prettiest places I've ever been.  We did get to witness the worst storm of our lives the second night we were here.  The news said the storm had sustained winds of 75 miles an hour with gusts in the mid 100's for over 2 hours and dropped over six inches of rain.  There was a lot of damage to the apartment complex, mainly trees blown down (one on a car) and blown out windows.   But here are some pictures from the drive out here and our day trip up to Sedona before we went back to work.

- Aubrey