Old man found on Rainier

[cbcbd]

Looks like he was chilling on the Cathedral rocks with a smile on his face...

 

[Maddy]

Looks like he was chilling on the Cathedral rocks with a smile on his face...

That is really great!
The "reincarnation" .....

 

[Chip]

I took the same pic when me and Paradox were there, but in worse conditions. Very cool to see as we decended from the summit through Ingraham Flats.

 

[DrewKnight]

Great... he disappears in the dead of night some five years ago, leaves us all grieving, and shows up on the west coast, living a new life. Looks like he went in for a little nip-and-tuck, maybe some Botox. Probably bought a Porsche and married a blond 75 million years his junior, fake granite ridgeline and all.

Nothing like a mid-life crisis in a geologic formation, I tell you.

 

[Lawn Sale]

I heard he left because the weather out there was better...

 

[Chip]

If it's any consolation; he is looking east. Perhaps he regrets the move.

 

[Jay H]

..probably facing away from the prevailing winds and rain!

Jay

 

[torn&frayed]

Moved west for a better life?
Maybe we should call him "The Old Manny Of The Mountains".

 

[giggy]

If it's any consolation; he is looking east. Perhaps he regrets the move.

I doubt it.

 

[Mad Townie]

Great... he disappears in the dead of night some five years ago, leaves us all grieving, and shows up on the west coast, living a new life.

Sounds like cbcbd to me!

Doug, if you're taking pictures like this, it looks like you're having a great time! So, are you looking east in regret?

 

[leaf]

Doug, if you're taking pictures like this, it looks like you're having a great time! So, are you looking east in regret?

I doubt it.

 

[cbcbd]

I took the same pic when me and Paradox were there, but in worse conditions. Very cool to see as we decended from the summit through Ingraham Flats.

Cool! I'm glad I wasn't the only one who noticed Although my friend did not see any face, only afterwards when I pointed to it on the picture... maybe it's an East Coast thing

I heard he left because the weather out there was better...

Man, you guys really haven't been kidding about the wet weather, eh? To say that Seattle weather is better...

Sounds like cbcbd to me!

Doug, if you're taking pictures like this, it looks like you're having a great time! So, are you looking east in regret?

I doubt it.

Lol. Peter, I will seek the mountains wherever I am and so in that manner, yeah, it's been pretty good. Too soon to regret anything although it is easy to get homesick and miss my EC folks... especially since I have to keep reading all these excellent TRs from BL08, party hikes up slides, Presi traverse parties, climbing NH granite...

 

[Chip]

climbing NH granite...

we do have that over the volcanos, for sure.

 

[Woody]

Doug,

Thanks for the picture. Now I'll have to come back out to see the Old Man and you!

Woody

 

[AlexTal]

I found an "old man" in Alaska!

Not nearly as good as the Rainier one or the original.

 

[Kevin Judy and Emma]

Boott Spur

I always liked this demon that overlooks Tuckerman Ravine.

KDT

 

[The Lisa]

I always liked this demon that overlooks Tuckerman Ravine.

KDT

Cool - I see two gargoyles keeping watch.

 

[Tom Rankin]

Does anyone have a picture of the Old Man of Kilimanjaro?

 

[erugs]

No, no. The Old Man of the Mountains can be found on Mt. Whitney. We saw him this September while descending the Mountaineer's Route.

 

[erugs]

Tom - Do you mean this old man on Kilimanjaro? We saw "Mickey" on the way from Shira Plateau to Baranco nearly six years ago.View attachment 2355