So the Seattle area has been experiencing extremely high temperatures for the last few weeks, and it's melting the glaciers on Rainier at an astounding rate. The snow pack is disappearing quick to reveal the crevassed glaciers beneath, and that makes getting to the top much more challenging.

This is the top of Disappointment Cleaver and a bit of the Emmons Glacier, which Laura and I will have to cross Sunday morning, in the dark. Sweet...