1st Place Hikers in Action, WTA's 2011 NW Exposure photo contest.
"I was leading a group of climbing students to the top of Mt. Rainier via the Emmons Glacier. As dawn broke we found ourselves about 400 feet below the summit, where the wind and sun sculpt the ice into very interesting shapes, known as penitentes."
Final steps to the summit
By Wes Cooper
1st Place Hikers in Action, WTA's 2011 NW Exposure photo contest. "I was leading a group of climbing students to the top of Mt. Rainier via the Emmons Glacier. As dawn broke we found ourselves about 400 feet below the summit, where the wind and sun sculpt the ice into very interesting shapes, known as penitentes."
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