If you’ve never visited the Paradise area of Mt. Rainier, there’s still time this summer to correct that grievous error.
Embarrassingly late for a Washington resident, I visited that jewel of the mountain’s south slope last weekend intending to catch some prime-time summer hiking.
What I did not expect was to be struck with spiritual awe, my mouth agape, my eyes greedily taking in every sight as I huffed and puffed my way through the most beautiful place I’ve ever been on Earth.
Describing places in such superlative terms is ordinarily a journalistic faux pas. But Paradise really does live up to its name.
I selected the Skyline
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