Thank you for the follow-up, I had been following this story since the middle of the week.

Rainier is a merciless beauty. I spent many hours admiring her from a distance, knowing that she would surely punish me for my lack of experience.

Karen was very well known in the WA hiking community (and beyond) and she will be keenly missed.


The body betrays and the weather conspires, hopefully, not on the same day.