Ascent of Mount Shasta on 1999-07-03| Others in Party: | Greg Strauch | | Date: | Saturday, July 3, 1999 | | Ascent Type: | Successful Summit Attained | | Peak: | Mount Shasta | | Location: | USA-California | | Elevation: | 14162 ft / 4316 m |
Ascent Trip ReportJust one day before July the 4th, 1999, summitted on a clear, blue day. Extremely windy on the summit plateau. My friend and trusted climbing partner Greg organized this trip and got up to about 4000m with me before turning back; I continued to the top solo.
We chose the 2nd easiest route (can't remember what it's called) - very scenic, with steepening hard snow and a brief climbing section to scale the lip of the summit plateau. Crampons and ice axe were necessary for most of the ascent. I descended via the regular route, which was fun (some sliding down and glissading was involved) except that I had to backtrack and traverse over a rib in order to return to our base camp. Summit day was overall a very long day - I remember crashing out after my return and sleeping for a good 13, 14 hours. I also did it in a minimalistic style, with three cliff bars and one litre bottle of water...clearly not enough food or water. A great training climb for the Mexican volcanoes trip later that season.
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| Summary Total Data | | Elevation Gain: | 5249 ft / 1600 m | | Elevation Loss: | 5249 ft / 1600 m | | Quality: | 7 (on a subjective 1-10 scale) | | Route Conditions: | Maintained Trail, Unmaintained Trail, Snow Climb, Glacier Climb | | Gear Used: | Ice Axe, Crampons, Tent Camp | | Nights Spent: | 2 nights away from roads | | Weather: | Cool, Very Windy, Clear
clear, sunny | | Ascent Statistics | | Elevation Gain: | 5249 ft / 1600 m | | Route: | SW face | | Trailhead: | 8913 ft / 2716 m | | Time Up: | 1 Days 3 Hours | | Descent Statistics | | Elevation Loss: | 5249 ft / 1600 m | | Route: | Regular route | | Trailhead: | 8913 ft / 2716 m | | Time Down: | 1 Days 2 Hours |
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