Finish this sentence: It ain't summer until you ...

a) grill some kind of meat on the barbecue with a fruity beverage in tow.

b) finally read Wuthering Heights. 

c) build a sand castle and pretend your Godzilla for 30 seconds.

d) Climb Mount Rainier.

If you answered a), b) or c), we suggest you head straight to the beach. For the rest who answered d), we suggest you hightail it to the Olympia Farmers Market Tuesday and catch mountaineer Jim Whittaker's lecture and slideshow. Whittaker was the first American to summit Mount Everest (1963). He joins The Alpine Experience's Launch of the Mountain Life Festival to discuss the climb he made 50 years ago, as well as the hundreds of other climbs he's made worldwide. After listening to Whittaker's adventures, you can make a solid decision if Mount Rainier is in your future.

JIM WHITTAKER LECTURE, 7 p.m., Olympia Farmers Market, 700 Capitol way N., Olympia, $10 at The Alpine Experience, 360.956.1699