Climbing Mount Shasta

Last week John, Anne, Barry and I went up for a 5-day trip up to Mount Shasta, a 14,000 ft volcano up in northern California. Dean couldn't make it due to a silly water skiing accident so he missed out on all the pain.In short, we parked at a trailhead at Brewer Creek (there was no creek) around 7000ft and hiked/skiied 2.7 miles and up 3000ft (with 80lb packs) to base camp which was fondly known as the Hotlum Hilton. After setting up base camp we spent the next few days playing around on the Hotlum glacier, reviewing/learning mountaineering skills, hiking through the seracs, and of course doing some skiing. Saturday we got up at 3am and were on snow at 4:45am for our 4000ft summit attempt. We tore through it climbing through knee-deep snow and avoiding avs and rocks. Success took about 5 hours and it was amazing from the top. We skiied/glissaded down the mountain fast having a bunch of fun and setting off mini avalanches along the way.



It was an amazing experence. I know, I look dirty as shite.