Notes
So this time only encapsulates part of the hike up, right before my watch died. Last year around this time I had a glorious expedition across the grand canyon and back with my dad. This year, me Andy woefully unprepared buddy climbed/hiked up mt. Shasta. Hiking mt shasta is no joke. It is about 8ish miles from the bunny flat trailhead just under 7000 feet elevation up to the peak which is at about 14,200 feet. This climb is exclusively on a trail less glacier. Anyway I did this with my skiier friend who planned to shred down after summitting while I glisaded (butt slid). Anyway we elected to hike in a little ways, camp for the night and then try for the summit early the next day. Now there were a myriad of things that went wrong, and times where I felt like I was carrying my friend up the mountain, but at the end did the day we both made it up and down safely (enough), and I had a great time. Next time tho, my partner better be in shape