Mt. Rainier is shrinking… literally

Mt. Rainier is shorter than we all thought… 10 feet shorter. New GPS measurements measure the new peak, a rocky patch along the Southwest rim, at 14,399.6 feet. Rainier’s old ice cap peak, known as Columbia Crest, which stood 14,410 feet tall, has melted. Eric Gilbertson, a mountaineer…

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