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The upper Emmons, above 12,000 feet. On this climb in 1986, a
member of the climbing party fell in a crevasse, and is shown in this
photograph being assisted out. Of historical interest: The knee in the
foreground belongs to Peter Potterfield, who is belaying Scott Fischer, the
Seattle climber killed on Mount Everest in 1996. Photo: Peter Potterfield
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Mount Rainier, A Cautionary Tale
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