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Mt. Rainier Shrinking | 350.org

This picture of John Race and Olivia Cussen, from Sunday on the top of Mt. Rainier, is subtle. You need to look closely to see two things: one, the 350 wristband that John is wearing (he's a premier American alpinist). And two, the summit marker from the top of Mt. Rainier, which has melted out of the ice for the first time since it was hammered in back in 1956. What does that mean? It means Mr. Rainier, the most iconic peak in the lower 48, is not 14,410 feet any more. And it means we better start doing something fast about global warming.

Local News | Mystery of Rainier survey marker melts away | Seattle Times Newspaper

The marker was installed by the USGS in 1956 on bare ground on Rainier's crater rim, more than 200 feet from the actual summit. The rocky rim is almost always snow-free, swept bare by wind and warmed by steam that rises from the volcano's depths.
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The marker almost certainly weathered out of the rocky ground naturally, Signani said. Someone probably found it and carried it to the summit.