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New Women’s Speed Record on Rainier

By Steve Casimiro on August 1st, 2012

How quickly can you climb and descend 9,000 vertical feet? Rainier Mountaineering guide Katie Bono just hammered a women’s speed record up the iconic 14,410-foot Washington peak, running from the Paradise visitor center at 5,400 to the summit and back in 4 hours 58 minutes via the Disappointment Cleaver route. She banged off the first 3,600 feet, to Camp Muir, in just over 90 minutes. Smokin’! “I started thinking about a speed ascent last year, but nothing too seriously,” explained Bono. “This year, I spoke with some other RMI guides for advice and started to plan out the climb meticulously. I had a timeline for each segment, and for the most part I hit them. I am very happy to get under five hours, which is what I was shooting for.” The men’s record, held by guide Willie Benegas, is 4:40:59. Via RMI.

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One Response to “New Women’s Speed Record on Rainier”

  1. hi January 13th, 2013 at 5:46 am

    Long history of fraud for Rainier speed records. Each of these people don’t have summit photos, Katie Bono does not, ad they claim bizarre times like just under the 5hr mark roundtrip. Katie was also offered $5000 by Dan Howitt just a few days after her claim to do another one but with timers, and a summit photo. She refused. She can be reached at RMI. http://www.rmiguides.com
    Chad kellogg is the greatest Rainier fraud in history apparently
    http://fraudmountaineer.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/2003-denali-fraud-case-chad-kellogg/