Journeymen 2005 : The Wonderland Trail Conquest

Our annual Jouneymen trip is complete! This year we took on the Wonderland Trail in Mt Rainier National Park. It is rated #1 by serveral pubications for it's natural rugged beauty. The trail is a loop that measures 92.2 miles with an elevation gain/loss of 28,800 feet. After completing the trail a person has done the equivalent of climbing Mt Rainier 2.5 times. Beleive me, this is one tough trail but we have conquered it in just 8 days! Mike, Keith, Jeff and I started out at Longmire on July 18th on a (rare) sunny day in the seattle area. To our amazement the sunny skies continues through most of the trip. We only got rained on for a single morning. The mountain was magnificent against the flowered meadows and blue-bird skies. See the pictures here.