How hard is it really? How can Mount Ranier, located in the state of Washington, in the Pacific Northwest, be so beautiful and challenging and dangerous at the same time?

That depends on whether you want to climb to the top or just visit the National Park down below.

Mount Rainer is 14,411 feet in the air, at its peak. It is almost a vertical climb, you spend a couple of nights on it during your climb, using an ice ax to carve out a wide enough space to pitch your tent.

You take some buddies with you. They may save your life if you fall. In short, climbing to the top of this majestic mountain is not for the faint of heart.

But to have a glimpse of the trip of Mount Rainier, the Grand Tetons and the Pecos Mountain Wilderness, you can see or listen to this latest podcast with Clark Wright who takes us along on another of his spectacular journeys, starting on Monday, May 27.