Mount Rainier
Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 1:12 am
There is a picture to the left of Mount Rainier looking at it from Tacoma, WA.
This level is named for Mount Rainier it is the 21st most highest Mt. in the world. It stands 14,410 feet it is 54 mi southeast of Seattle. And has many spiritual aspects for Native American people.
When Captain George Vancouver sailed into Puget Sound in 1792 he "discovered" a huge mountain that he named in honor of his friend, Rear Admiral Peter Rainier. Although he didn't know it, he was gazing upon a living volcano that was already known and valued by the Nisqually, Cowlitz, Yakama, Puyallup, and Muckleshoot peoples. As residents of the mountain's river valleys, they hunted and gathered berries in the forests and mountain meadows. For them, the mountain was an entity of power and presence, quite apart from the resources it offered. Those who followed also came to appreciate the dual physical and spiritual dimensions of the mountain's resources. Mount Rainier is a place where physical things, such as rocks, glaciers, water, plants, and animals come to mean something more: beauty, challenge, renewal, stewardship, and enjoyment.
Mount Rainier has the most glaciers of the 48 Continental U.S.
Thanks to a Wonderlanders neato texture.
This level is named for Mount Rainier it is the 21st most highest Mt. in the world. It stands 14,410 feet it is 54 mi southeast of Seattle. And has many spiritual aspects for Native American people.
When Captain George Vancouver sailed into Puget Sound in 1792 he "discovered" a huge mountain that he named in honor of his friend, Rear Admiral Peter Rainier. Although he didn't know it, he was gazing upon a living volcano that was already known and valued by the Nisqually, Cowlitz, Yakama, Puyallup, and Muckleshoot peoples. As residents of the mountain's river valleys, they hunted and gathered berries in the forests and mountain meadows. For them, the mountain was an entity of power and presence, quite apart from the resources it offered. Those who followed also came to appreciate the dual physical and spiritual dimensions of the mountain's resources. Mount Rainier is a place where physical things, such as rocks, glaciers, water, plants, and animals come to mean something more: beauty, challenge, renewal, stewardship, and enjoyment.
Mount Rainier has the most glaciers of the 48 Continental U.S.
Thanks to a Wonderlanders neato texture.