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Mount Rainier to hold ribbon-cutting for toilet
(AP)
2008-06-06 01:33:00 AP - Mount Rainier National Park is holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday to activate a new bio toilet at Cougar Rock Campground.
Rainier’s Story
2008-06-03 22:58:00 Rainier the German Shepherd Healing Elbow Dysplasia With Stem Cell Transplants I recently had the pleasure of talking to Susan Page whose dog Rainier led her to seek Stem Cell transplants for a very serious illness.  As you can see from the photo Rainier is a magnificient beautiful dog with alot of life and spirit for living. Rainier goes for the gusto in life at full tilt as Susan explains, he loves to move around and is not a layed back dog. Rainier is a German Shepherd that developed elbow dysplasia around the age of only 5 months. This physical problem stopped the idea of the training Susan had in mind for Rainier to become an assisted care trained dog. Rainier would try to go on walks with Susan but on his first year’s birthday, he would fall on his painful leg. Although the German Shepherd breed will have a tendency towards hip dysplasia, the elbow dysplasia was not a trait of this breed, and it was a most unusual development at such a young age. Elbow dysplasia (ED) ...
By: Dog Health1
Backpacker Magazine?s April Issue Is now Online!
2008-05-15 23:33:00 Ted Alvarez, over at the Daily Dirt blog, has brought it to my attention that Backpacker Magazine’s April 2008 issue is now online (for free). Did I mention it is FREE? I think I might have… The latest edition features Backpacker’s Editors’ Choice Awards. A great guide to some of the hottest and ...
By: The Adventurist
This Day In History - Actress Grace Kelly Marries Rainier III of Monaco
2008-04-21 02:59:00 Grace Kelly was an Oscar-winning American actress who appeared in many films, including Dial M for Murder and Rear Window. In 1956, she married Prince Rainier III of Monaco and became Her Serene Highness Princess Grace, an event that marked her retirement from acting. The couple had three children, one of whom, Albert II of ...
By: Top Dollar Blog
Microsoft Computer Backpack - Rainier up to 15.4" screens - 39300 for only
2008-03-13 10:45:00 The Ranier Laptop Backpack is equipped for the business casual professional with a mobile lifestyle. Whether you're headed for the airport, the boardroom or a hiking trip, this backpack, constructed of 1680D poly with trendy orange accents inside and out, is designed with a place for all your digital accessories.
Rainier Stock House Coming Down
2008-01-06 11:32:00 Shawn Sullivan from Sabey sent us word that we thought we might be seeing. The Rainier Stock House, part of the historic Rainier Cold Storage Complex being re-developed, is indeed in its last days. Here is the update: 4 Jan 2008 Update Here?s the latest on the Stock House demolition. After an inspection of the building ...
Past Post: Our Jewell, Mount Rainier 1941
2007-12-30 09:42:00 With the holidays wrapping up, I thought this vintage postcard was fitting. “Jewell” sent Maude Schneider this post-holiday card of Mount Rainier in January 1941 complete with curious spelling and punctuation. Did Jewell and Maude ever have that lunch and/or dance? I wonder. Click on the postcard for larger images. Jan, 10, 1941 — Aberdeen, Wash. Dear ...
Rainier Beer: Vigor, Strength In Every Drop
2007-11-30 10:04:00 The next time someone in your family gives you a hard time for slamming down yet another cold one, go ahead and tell them this: “There’s new vigor and strength in every drop!” That’s the message this vintage ad is trying to get across in a 1900 issue of The Argus. It comes from the ...
Past Post: Giving Thanks For Mt. Rainier
2007-11-24 08:45:00 As you’re making your way back home across the state from family’s house, I hope you’re seeing scenery like this. This is a 1940’s era linen postcard showing Mount Rainier from Pacific Highway. Find the text from the unknown writer below and click on the images to inspect. Didi, how many miles did you travel ...
Past Post: Smith Tower And Rainier 1930
2007-10-26 09:23:00 Last week we saw postcards of and from Smith Tower and this week’s vintage postcard is Smith Tower minus a few years. The venerable tower also shares the stage with Mount Rainier in this 1930 card on its way to Albany, Oregon. This 42-story Seattle landmark was the tallest building on the west coast when ...
Twin Peaks - Haiku
2007-10-24 16:51:00 Cold nights and foggy mornings. It's autumn in the Northwest. I especially love this time of year. Yesterday, while driving through rural parts of Lewis County, off I-5, I saw the beauty of what makes the Pacific Northwest so alluring. read more
By: Communati.com
Rainier Cold Storage Update
2007-10-17 10:22:00 Just received an update from Sabey’s Jim Harmon regarding their meeting with the Landmarks Preservation Board and Architectural Review Committee. Recall that they have filed to demolish the Rainier Cold Storage Stock House. They are also planning a meeting with Georgetown locals. Here’s the full update from him and another unreleased photo of my visit ...
Mt. Rainier,Washington State,USA
2007-10-11 18:36:00 Mt. Rainier,Washington State viewed from Windy Ridge,viewpoint at Mt. St. Helen's National Monument
By: The Cliff Walk
Robert Link Claims 300th Summit of Mt. Rainier
2007-09-14 14:56:00 Baseball is famous for it’s ‘clubs’. You have the 3,000 hit club, the 3,000 strike-out club, and the 40-40. Mountain climbing has a small club of it’s own. Robert Link of Bend, Oregon has just claimed his 300th summit on Mt. Rainier. Robert has been a guide on Rainier for quite some time. He owns his ...
By: The Adventurist
Rainier Sunrise
2007-09-12 20:00:00 Just thought you might like to see a beautiful picture MK took as we left Seattle.
By: Some Go Softly
Mt.Rainier
2007-09-03 06:49:00 Mt. Rainier,viewed from the southeast from the Gifford Pinchot National Forest,Washington State,USA.
By: The Cliff Walk
Rainier Stock House To Be Demolished
2007-08-16 09:09:00 In an unsurprising turn of events, Sabey Corporation has applied to the Landmarks Board and are working on a permit application to demolish what remains of the Rainier Cold Storage Stock House. As I mentioned in my initial collection of photos from the complex, this building was used as a freezer facility from 1937 to ...
The Next Big Thing: The Adventurist Teams Up With Adventure Sports Weekly
2007-08-10 21:05:00 The old saying goes –when opportunity knocks, you had better answer the door. Well, in a sense I have answered the door. A couple of days ago Editor Wina Sturgeon from Adventure Sports Weekly contacted myself and was interested in discussing what I do here at The Adventurist. After a lengthy discussion about our sites, our ...
By: The Adventurist
Profile: Rainier Cold Storage Buildings Pt. 2
2007-08-09 10:41:00 Continuing our tour of the Rainier Cold Storage Building Campus, let?s now take a look at the interior shots. I?m primarily concentrating here on the Brew House, as this area was the most impressive and the most well lit. As you can see from the shots, this facility is about as ?raw? as a historic ...
Profile: Rainier Cold Storage Buildings Pt. 1
2007-08-07 09:36:00 Last Thursday I was lucky enough to go on a tour of one of Seattle’s crown jewels, The Rainier Cold Storage Building Campus in Georgetown. Sabey Corporation bought this collection of buildings for $10 million and is planning to develop the site into a mix of stores, industry, homes, and office space. The complex, consisting ...
Documentary on Mt. Rainier Looking for Cast and Crew!!
2007-07-15 04:17:00 This is a callout to all of you that have ever pictured yourself’s as Brad Pitt or perhaps Angelina Jolie…there may even be a Grizzly Adams hiding in there some place… Anyways a member of CascadeClimbers is currently in the process of lining a few individuals up to help him shoot a documentary on Mt. Rainier ...
By: The Adventurist
Mount Rainier
2007-07-07 21:44:00 There are a few things that I know about Mt Rainier: that it is high, near me, and pretty. So when we got up at 6 am last Monday, put five random layers in the car, some Cliff bars, and water, I didn’t know what to expect. It takes a little over two hours to ...
By: Some Go Softly
$5000 Charge for Wilderness Rescue Ignites Debate?Again.
2007-06-21 18:40:00 A Kansas man has been billed $5000 for a wilderness rescue after he injured his ankle while hiking along a steep hillside. This debate has been raging for well over a year now–whether or not people in the wilderness, when accidents happen, should be liable to pay for their rescue. Kansas is only one of a number ...
By: The Adventurist
Alan Arnette and the BIG Announcement!!
2007-05-21 03:14:00 My good friend, Alan Arnette, has made a big announcement today. Over the course of talking with him this past week, he has quietly given a couple of clues… Our first clue came by way of his own website a couple of days ago when Alan mentioned his climbing plans for 2007. We will get to that ...
By: The Adventurist
ExplorersWeb Taking a Stand?The Adventurist: A Call for Change
2007-05-04 18:02:00 ExplorersWeb has published a very strong editorial today about people dying on Everest…Here is a question they pose: “The questions is though, how many times will we have to witness a Kazakh, a Pole, a Spaniard or any other of the world’s foremost climbers rescue people in the death zone while we keep hearing amateur climbers ...
By: The Adventurist
David Sharp HAD to Die on Everest
2007-05-03 17:17:00 People die on Mt. Everest. That is a fact. In fact until the last few years the statistic was that for every four people to make the summit, one would die. In recent times (the 2007 Everest climbing season involves close to 1,000 individuals) that number has grown to one in twenty. Last season brought the ...
By: The Adventurist
The Adventurist: Double Exposure
2007-04-29 03:30:00 It has been brought to my attention that this site, “The Adventurist”, is once again being mentioned in a couple of different places around the climbing community. As always, it is a great honor to be recieving recognition for something that is so enjoyable to do–as well as to know that I do have so many ...
By: The Adventurist
A man claims he is the real father of Rainier Castillo
2007-04-27 03:45:00 May ginawang game para sa entertainment press ang Showbiz Central, ang bagong Sunday showbiz talk show ng GMA-7, na ini-launch kagabi sa Annabel's restaurant. Pinagtanong ang mga invited press ng tig-iisang hard-hitting question. Piliin daw nila ang una nilang itatanong kung sila ang ilalagay na jury sa show.Isa sa mga nanalo ay ang tanong na kung alam ba ng young actor na si Rainier Castillo na may isang lalaki na nagki-claim ngayon na ama raw siya ng binata. Of course, hindi ito nasagot ni Rainier dahil wala naman ang StarStruck Batch 1 First Prince sa press con.Sinuwerte lang ang PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) na nasaStation 168 Internet Café, na katabi mismo ng Annabel's restaurant, si Rainier, kung kaya't naitanong namin agad ito sa kanya pagkatapos ng Showbiz Central press con."May bago na naman?" ang balik-tanong sa amin ni Rainier na ikinagulat naman namin.Aniya, "Marami nang nagki-claim na tatay ko raw, kaya pang-apat na `yang sinabi nyo sa akin. Kilala ko ang tun...
By: Kapuso Stars
Responsibility and Death on Everest: A Response Comes In?
2007-04-26 20:06:00 Yesterday I posted an editorial titled “Responsibility and Death on Everest”. I am not going to go back and rehash what was said, but I will let you click the title and read it for yourselves. It seems like this issue is drawing some interest here as well as possibly opening up further dicussions in the ...
By: The Adventurist
BREAKING NEWS! MT. EVEREST CLAIMS FIRST LIFE OF 2007. UPDATED 12:13 pm 04
2007-04-26 17:37:00 It is being reported today, April 26, 2007, that Mt. Everest has claimed it’s first life of 2007. Details are still sketchy at this moment as this story is just beginning to break, but it seems that a sherpa has been killed on Mt. Everest while making his way to camp 3 on the Everest’s famed South ...
By: The Adventurist
Responsibility and Death on Everest: An Adventurist Editorial
2007-04-25 21:46:00 I am finding something a little bit disturbing as the 2007 Everest climbing season takes shape. First, I am going to post three little snippets and then I will go in to more detail: “Gazing up at the Col we were mesmerized by the slow train of “black dots”, gasping their way higher - sometimes so ...
By: The Adventurist
Sir Edmund Hillary: Your Thoughts, Your Prayers
2007-04-25 01:15:00 It is being widely reported today that Sir Edmund Hillary has been injured in a fall. Sir Hillary was the first person, along with his climbing sherpa Tenzing Norgay, to summit Mt. Everest. It has been noted that Hillary is not suffering “Life-Threatening”- injuries and that his progress is going well. Hillary is 87 years old ...
By: The Adventurist
Climb Mt. Rainier with Legendary Climber Ed Visteurs in 2007
2007-03-08 02:14:03 RMI–Rainier Mountaineering, Inc. is leading an Expedition in the summer of 2007 to Mt. Rainier, led by the United States only 14, 8,000 meter peak climber Ed Viesturs. Mt. Rainier sits at an elevation of 14, 410 feet and is the most extensively glaciated peak in the continental United States. This event will be an all inclusive ...
By: The Adventurist
South Rainier Elk Herd Management Plan - State of Washington
1969-12-31 19:00:00 The South Rainier Elk Herd is one of ten elk herds living in Washington State. This herd’s range covers around 1,100 square miles, and is located in parts of Lewis County, Thurston County, and Mount Rainier National Park. The herd area is bounded on the east be the North Cascade Crest Trail. ...
South Rainier Elk Herd Management Plan - State of Washington
0000-00-00 00:00:00 The South Rainier Elk Herd is one of ten elk herds living in Washington State. This herd’s range covers around 1,100 square miles, and is located in parts of Lewis County, Thurston County, and Mount Rainier National Park. The herd area is bounded on the east be the North Cascade Crest Trail. ...
By: Resources zone
South Rainier Elk Herd Management Plan State of Washington
0000-00-00 00:00:00 This article is a summary of the State of Washington's conservation plan for the South Rainier elk herd
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