Articles tagged with: Camp Muir
KING 5 News sports anchor Paul Silvi interviews Seattle Seahawks coach Jim Mora about United Way’s Climb for the Community. The interview takes place at Camp Muir on Mount Rainier as the Climb team prepares to summit the mountain.
In the following clip, Silvi shows the challenges facing the Climb team. CEO Tod Leiweke, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, United Way of King County CEO Jon Fine and United Way Board Chair Molly Nordstrom are part of the climb team. The event is a fundraiser…
The Climb for the Community team started their two-day ascent to the summit of Mount Rainier at about 9:45 a.m. today and should reach Camp Muir by 5:00 p.m. The hike to Camp Muir is nearly 4.5 miles and will take them up to an elevation of 10,060 feet.
The Climb for the Community team spent all of yesterday on the lower slopes of Mount Rainier training in “mountaineering day school.” This morning climbers started their two-day trek to the summit.
Here’s a report from Molly Nordstrom, United Way of King County’s board chair and the only woman on the Climb:
Today we are hiking to Camp Muir. We will climb from 5,400 feet to 10,060 feet. The trek is nearly 4.5 miles and will take about 6 hours. It’s expected to be
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