Angela White: Required Reading 2: Mount Rainier

The chapter in Landscapes of the Sacred about Mount Rainier pose a certain interest to me, not because we talked about it so much in class, but because I have spent a great deal of my life visiting the towns surrounding the mountain and the mountain itself. In the chapter, Lane talks about how surreal being on and around Mount Rainier felt to him. I found this very interesting because I kind of knew what he was talking about. My parents and family members have been taking me on day hikes around Mount Rainier for years, and while I used to dread them, I now find them calming. When reading about how Lane saw it as somewhat of a pilgrimage, it made me feel more like I really wasn’t simply imagining the power of the mountain itself. It’s good to know that this is a universal realization, and that I’m not just a crazy person that likes to hang out on Mount Rainier every couple of years.