John Muir:
“Mount Shasta rises in solitary grandeur from the edge of a comparatively low and lightly sculptured lava plain near the northern extremity of the Sierra, and maintains a far more impressive and commanding individuality than any other mountain within the limits of California. Go where you may, within a radius of from fifty to a hundred miles or more, there stands before you the colossal cone of Shasta, clad in ice and snow, the one grand, unmistakable landmark – the pole – star of the landscape. “
Ryan Commons documented his climb.
Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo. (additional links on that page)
Love that tobogganing descent!
Only about a third of the 15,000 climbers who try it each year, summit. Shasta is a beast.
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