Mount Shasta

One reason I love the bay area is that there are so many amazing places within a couple hours drive (yosemite, lake tahoe, the pacific ocean). It's the middle of summer and this weekend we drove up to Mount Shasta where we froze our butts off climbing up a glacier. Here's how our trip went:

6:30 am. wake up

8:30 am. KC arrives, pick up Navneet, then to emeryville to meet Dan

9:45 am. Find out that bandits stole Dan's wheel, and my tires need to be replaced. We end up renting a mini-van at Oakland airport.

2 pm. After picking up our mountaineering gear from REI (crampons, ice axe, glacier boots, helmet),we're finally on the road.

7 pm. Arrive at Mt. Shasta, have dinner, and get ready for hike.

10 pm. Start hike at Bunny Flat tralhead. We had planned a few hours sleep before starting, but that didn't happen.

11 pm. Reach Horse Camp. Glacier boots are killing our feet already. We don't reach the snow for another hour.

4 am. Realize that we should have put on our crampons *before* heading up the icy slope.

4:30 am. Reach Helen Lake where KC and Dan rest in the tent of two good samaritan hikers. Navneet and I continue on after agreeing to meet them at the tent in 3 hours.

7 am. Navneet and I turn around close to the Red Banks.

12 pm. Arrive back at our minivan in Bunny Flat trailhead.

6 pm. Back at Berkeley. Woohoo, another great bay area weekend excursion. Here are the rest of the PHOTOS.