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Very Pretty, IAMB. Have you been getting many Hits on your blog? Sorry I haven't been by in awhile. I've been sort of Distracted.
This is personally one of my favorite mountains within 300 miles. We've been planning to climb it for at least two years but life always seems to get in the way (need at minimum 3-5 days due to location - no Forest Service roads get closer than about ten miles and if you don't wait until August or September there's a good chance you can't even get that close due to snow -maybe I should borrow a couple horses?).
Not many visits (for the most part just you and me as far as I can tell), but that's okay. Besides, loads of my favorite shots are elsewhere where more people see them. However, if you ever see something you like well enough to tell your friends about, I'd be flattered.
Well, I Must Confess that I have been Snooping around in your Hit Counter and you are really not Kidding about not getting that Many Hits. I could Add a Link to your Blog to my Blog Roll if you would Like. I haven't Updated that in Ages. Though if you would like it, this Addition could be Made to it.
Do they have any Safe Place for you to Tie your Horses when you get to the Rough Part of the Mountain? I'm guessing that Snow Buggies are Used Quite Often in an Area as Remote as this. Are there any Buildings, Shelters and/or Supply Camps that are Accessible only to Recreational Vehicles, Snow Buggies, Horses or Hikers?
My Husband and I Hiked up to such a Place on Mount Shasta. I would have loved to of Gone Further, but Unfortunately we are out of Shape. This is something that I should have done more of when I was Younger. I Think I probably could have gotten into it and regret it a little that I never did.
Do as much of this as you can, IAMB, while you are still young and Healthy.
There are plenty of places to tie up a horse in the area. A couple of outfitters work in the area and keep some well-maintained small pastures and campsites. As for snow buggies/etc. there are some complicated rules to the area. It's been on the list to designate as wilderness for a while but never seems to get there. It is, however, a designated roadless area and thus motor travel of any sort is restricted to certain areas (I forget all the rules, but I have a map somewhere). I don't think anyone takes snowcats or snowmobiles in at all. The area is pretty remote for help during the winter and the snow gets ridiculously deep which means a helicopter rescue from the hospital in Challis or Sun Valley is pretty complicated (plus you won't be able to contact anyone unless you have a satellite phone... no cell towers allowed in the area).
(On the visit numbers thing) Really, it's not a big deal. My old blog was quite popular at one time but I shut it down for a number of reasons (mainly that it was an outlet for a lot of frustrations and my life suddenly became nearly stress-free, but other things as well). Popularity isn't such a big deal anymore. I'd like to see the numbers, but I'd suspect blogs in general are on the decline.
Certainly most of the folks from my blogging generation (I think we were referred to as third generation - started because of the guys who started because of the guys who started the whole thing) have moved on, other than a couple notables.
Heh... supposedly Shasta is pretty difficult terrain even for someone in great shape owing to the weather and the condition of the terrain. It's on my "to do" list eventually, though if I have my way it'll be a late winter/early spring climb so I can be on snow the whole way. Makes getting back to base camp a whole lot faster and more fun.
Huh. That's an Interesting Wilderness Area. I guess if someone Actually "Works in the Area", then Mail and Supplies would have to be Delivered by Airplane? Sounds like a Back Packing Area. You Check in someplace that's 10 Miles away and then if someone gets Hurt, a Week or more will Pass before anyone comes to Look for you. Sounds Pretty Rugged.
What we Heard from some of the Mountain Climbers that we Passed is that Shasta is just "a Walk Up". I Laughed when I heard that because you do have to be in good Physical Shape to Climb any Mountain. I guess it's just Relative. I Think these Guys were form Norway or Switzerland, so they were Comparing Shasta to some Rather Rugged Mountains.
I don't Know, perhaps to them, Most American Mountains are "Just a Walk Up". When Speaking to someone who's not a Mountain Climber, though, Describing such a Climb that way just sort of Makes me Laugh. Ok. Whatever. If you say so. lol.
If you're in good Shape, though, it is Only a One Day Climb. If you Leave in the Morning, you can "easily" get Back Down before Night Fall. That's what they said and when we Met them on their Way Back Down, it wasn't even that Late in the Day.
We Tried to Climb Up Past the Shelter that we Hiked to, yet it was getting Steeper Fast, the Altitude was already enough to Make the Air Thin, so that it was a little more Difficult to Breath and anyway, we were really supposed to Check in and get a Pass in Order to Hike Past that Point. They Like to Keep Track of who is Actually Up there on the Mountain.
The Company that I was with were in better shape than me and I became quite Winded trying to Keep Up, so we Turned Back. We had not Planned to Try and Reach the Summit anyway. You have to be in good Shape before Attempting such a Feat. Like I said, I really should have done this sort of Thing when I was Younger.
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