CRAIG HILL
Craig Hill is The News Tribune’s injury-prone Adventure writer. After eight years covering college football and basketball, he started writing about adventure sports in 2004. He writes about everything from mountaineering and cycling to skiing and camping. You can reach him at craig.hill@thenewstribune.com
JEFFREY P. MAYOR
Jeffrey P. Mayor has been The News Tribune’s Adventure editor since 2003, and oversees our weekly Adventure section. His coverage focuses on fishing, hunting, Mount Rainier and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. You can reach him at jeff.mayor@thenewstribune.com
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I just checked the WSDOT Web page for an update on Chinook Pass.
The update, posted just a few minutes ago, says Highway 410 remains closed as crews try to clear snow from the roadway.
"Our traditional goal has been to open the pass for Memorial Day Weekend, but since we just started clearing the pass, it is still too early to predict an opening date. Updates will be provided as conditions change," the posting said.
For a few minutes Monday night America’s history on the 29,035-foot summit of Mount Everest was bookended by one family.
Peter Whittaker, co-owner of Ashford-based Rainier Mountaineering, Inc., reached the top of the world’s highest peak at 7:15 p.m. (PDT) becoming the second member of his famous climbing family to accomplish the feat. His uncle, Jim Whittaker, was the first American to summit Everest in 1963.
At 8:05 p.m. Ed Viesturs, also climbing with the RMI group, reached the summit for the seventh time. Viesturs is the only American to climb every 8,000-meter peak in the world.
The team is now working its way down the mountain. The second RMI group is scheduled to attempt the summit May 24.
Dave Hahn, who has reached the summit a non-Sherpa record 10 times, is part of the second group.
A group of climbers from International Mountain Guides, also based in Ashford, was pushing toward the summit Tuesday evening.
