Rainier Mountain Fest ( Whittaker Climber's Bash) Photo Gallery by Monte Dodge at pbase.com

Rainier Mountain Fest ( Whittaker Climber's Bash)

The Fest is awesome as it is really a " Who's Who" of American Climbers as 18 "Everest Summiters" were out walking around happy to share their info and stories with even the most novice climbers. Whittaker Twins are maybe the most famous twins in America. Jim was the first America to summit Everest in 1963 and Lou's marrage with Jansport help make it what it is today.

Whittaker's Bunk House Sign	Early Days On Rainier	Wolf Bauer ( 95 Years old) Taught Mountaineering To Jim And Lou	Jim And Beer Ad Poster From Mid 1970's
Fisheye View Of Large Hardware Dome Tent	Joe Horisky Gives Talk On Climbing Denali	Lou's son Peter	Gary Johnson ( Or Jerry Garcia In Hiding?? )
Whittaker Family Clan WIth Wolf Bauer	Lou Greets Wolf Bauer,, Old Teacher Of The Mountains To The Twins	Loaded " Sled Races"	Whittakers With Bobby Kennedy
Gals Raceing Their Sleds Loaded With Sand Bags	Jim Whittaker Teases Ed Viesturs ( 6 summit trips on Everest) As Dave Hahn Talks	Live Music	MSR Newest " Radiant Heat " Stove ( Wind Proof)
Jeremy Foust Listens To Jim And Lou's Stories Of The " Early Days"	Jim And Crew Could " Go On Tour" With Their Stories And Jokes!!	Everest Summit Club	Talking On One Of His " 9 Summit Trips On Everest "
Robert Link ( Everest In 89)	Mt. Rainier From Town Of " Packwood"	Jansport Hired Lou In The 1970's Which Made It A Major Pack Maker	Dianne Roberts ( Jim's Wife) Jim And Lou Whitaker
Me With Everest Climber " Jim Whittaker"	Whittaker on Crater Rim of Mt. Rainier 1981 ( Pelion Climb )	Climbing "Rainier's Cleaver" July 1981	Northwest Climbing Legend " Wolf Bauer " Looks On " 95 years young
Lou Whittaker	Jim Whittaker And Ed Vestuers	Dave Hahn On His Thoughts Climbing Everest	Ed Vestures At Book Signing Table,, Rainier Moumtain Fest
Jim And Lou In 1951 Packing " Stokeski" Invented By Wolf Bauer	Jim Whitaker's View Of Optimus 00 Kerosene Stove	95 Year Old Wolf Bauer Talks Of Teaching Young Whittakers The Basics	Robert Link With Lou Whittaker
Amercia's Best Climbers	K2 List Of Climbers From 1975 March REI Catalog

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Cougar Fields		07-Aug-2009 09:04
I remember vividly working the summer of 1957 as a 15-year-old horse guide at Paradise on Mt. Rainier, when Lou was a 28-year-old guide on the mountain. He was a strong, strapping young man, the master of the mountain, very well known and very well liked at the guide shack where we hung out during spare time. What a man he is and what a mountaineering career he has had! I have the greatest admiration for him.

Jeri Bassett		15-Feb-2009 21:51
just wondering if Lou and Jim remember another set of twins they graduated with. My mother, Barbara Unger and my aunt, Beverly Unger.

Jeremy Foust		31-Dec-2007 07:35
Thanks for promoting the festival, and all your great photos. I enjoyed your kind words about the mountain fest. Next time your in ashford, stop by and say hello. See you at next years Festival

Guest		16-Sep-2007 19:26
I am impressed, what a great insight to a wonderful Washington family. They are the crown jewels of mountain climbing!! Thanks for the fabulous photos!

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