That's the gear I'll be hauling up Rainier this weekend. Actually, some of it is already in Seattle (I dropped it off when I was there for Dan's wedding). Not pictured are my boots, camelback, crampons, and crampon bag. I haven't weighed it all yet, but I think all told we're talking about 65 pounds or so.

Conditions on the Disappointment Cleaver route continue to be sub-optimal with most of the snow bridges rotted out in last week's extreme heat. Now the weather has turned to constant storms, though the temperatures are still above freezing even at the summit. Camp Muir at 10,000' is not expected to drop below freezing, even at night, for the entire time we're going to be there. So while we probably won't be all that cold on this trip, we may have issues with terrain. But whatever we encounter, I've probably got the gear for it sitting in that pile somewhere.