On Mt. Shasta

The previous blog article came out to be only a picture. I was trying to share a site I found at timberlinetrails.net

However, when it loaded it only loaded as a picture. This appears to be mostly a climbing site for climbers that gives weather and conditions so less people die or get injured from rocks or frostbite while climbing.

When I climbed Mt. Shasta to the top in 1970 nothing like this existed unless it was in a phone message loop somewhere. Though I climbed Mt. Shasta in August 1970 to the top and me and two other friends actually made it to the top the following December one of those friends and another who hadn't climbed to the top almost froze to death in a white out just trying to make it to Horse Camp from Bunny Flats. We had to dig a snow cave at night because 5 feet of unexpected snow was falling and we could no longer see our hands in front of our faces the white out was so bad in the blizzard. So, knowing the conditions before you arrive at the mountain (whichever mountain it is is very important).

The   biggest hazards on mountains are usually either whiteouts (where you cannot see anything or navigate) (Unless you have a working gps device and the batteries are good) or avalanches or falling rocks.

This is one reason why it is almost safer (on the Horse Camp route) on Mt. Shasta to be climbing in the winter (except for Avalanches). Because one 1/4 inch pebble on that steep route dislodged will dislodge bigger and bigger rocks coming down those steep slopes and a 1 to 2 inch rock traveling at 70 mph or more can kill, maim or knock a climber from his foot perch and cause injuries. So, these are some of the most dangerous things to watch out for while climbing Mt. Shasta on the Horse Camp Route.