According to new measurements, Mount Rainier could have a new summit. “I went up there on August 28 the first time and I measured Columbia Crest and the southwest rim and I found that Columbia Crest has melted about 22 feet since the last ground survey in 1998 and it’s actually shorter than the southwest rim now," Eric Gilbertson said. Gilbertson is a professor at Seattle University and summited the mountain twice in the last two months. He took measurements of the mountain using a differential GPS unit. Read more: https://www.king5.com/article/tech/science/environment/mount-rainier-new-summit/281-b7e5b75e-529b-43d6-b118-6e0969bdd974