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Mount Rainier round trip

The Mount Rainier round trip follows a mountain route from Paradise via Camp Muir and Ingraham Glacier. The FKT registry describes 14.5 miles, around 9,000 feet of gain and glacier travel.

Registry distance: 14.5 milesOriginal public context, separate from dated TUM reporting.Source
Terrain: Glacier travel; around 9,000 feet of gainOriginal public context, separate from dated TUM reporting.Source

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May 23, 2026Published in TUM

Simon Kearns’s May 9 Mount Rainier mark receives coverage

TUM compared Kearns’s 3:43:52 May 9, 2026 round trip with Alex King’s 4:14:13 unsupported on-foot mark from 2021.

Event date: May 9, 2026 · TUM publication: May 23, 2026

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Had reported 3:43:52 round-trip mark by

Simon Kearns

TUM reported Simon Kearns’s May 9, 2026 Mount Rainier 14.5-mile, roughly 9,000-foot-gain round trip in 3:43:52, 30:21 faster than Alex King’s 2021 unsupported on-foot benchmark of 4:14:13. Outside covered the effort and Steep Stuff interviewed Kearns. The item does not establish Kearns’s support style.

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Had 2021 unsupported on-foot benchmark by

Alex King

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Reported 2026-05-23

Simon Kearns’s May 9 Mount Rainier mark receives coverage

TUM compared Kearns’s 3:43:52 May 9, 2026 round trip with Alex King’s 4:14:13 unsupported on-foot mark from 2021.

TUM · May 23, 2026

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