Dear Friends,

I’m excited (and per my usual with any physically demanding activity, a bit anxious and challenged) to be participating in this year’s Climb for a Cause at Mount Olympus, August 18 – 22.   In my work with Washington’s National Park Fund while serving at Mount Rainier National Park, I saw firsthand the incredible good that is accomplished in our parks through the donations of people who care deeply about them. I am honored to support such a worthy Cause.

The climb is also personal for me.  After six years of seasonal work, my first permanent job with the NPS was in 1983 as the Hoh Area
Ranger.  I have fond memories from the Hoh – the river in all its moods, the magnificent forest, the people, and the rain! – yet never made it to the top of Olympus. The August hike and climb will be my first trip back to the Hoh since leaving in 1984.  I expect the mountain
will be much bigger than it was back then, and as climbing is on some level embracing suffering, so it is that I am calling this endeavor, “Suffer for a Cause”.  Come join with me as we embrace this opportunity and challenge together.  I’ll do the suffering alone.

-Randy

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