I am looking for someone to climb Rainier with in late June. I have bagged Mt Hood but not Rainier. I would like to take 2 days to summit with a 3rd day added in as buffer. Let me know

ASHFORD, WA - Before Roger Goodell reached the top of Washington's tallest mountain, the NFL commissioner had to look down.

Way down.

It was about 2:30 Wednesday morning, Goodell was 11,000 feet above sea level and stepping over a crevasse that was 200 feet deep but seemed to yawn toward infinity.

"That was scary," Goodell said. "When you look down and literally you can't see the bottom and they ask you to step over. You say, 'Well, I don't know about this.' "

So Goodell looked deeper, searching way down inside himself and summoned the courage and perseverance he needed to reach the top of Mount Rainier in a group that included Seahawks coach Jim Mora and team CEO Tod Leiweke.

"It was a lot more challenging than I thought, both physically and mentally," Goodell said. "You really have to be prepared for this, and it really tests your will.

"It tested my will quite a few times."

It was dubbed the "Climb for the Community" and raised funds for the United Way's Basic Needs Campaign. Leiweke said the climb raised hundreds of thousands of dollars. The group that reached the summit totaled 12, eight climbers and four guides including world-class mountaineers Peter Whittaker and Ed Viesturs, whose most recent climb was Mount Everest.

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I know this is along shot, but if you live in the Northwest and are available this week, a group of 4 HPers are going for the summit. We're taking 4 days, leaving Paradise on Tuesday. I have two extra climbing permits.