shatastic

I just realized that I never posted the pics from our Shasta trip. The next week or so isn't looking like it will provide time to write a comprehensive report, so I'm gonna shirk my blog duties and just provide you with a brief pictorial review...

Our first intimidating glance at the mountain from the highway.


Day 1. Starting the trudge upward. That's me in the back...


Base camp at 10,000 feet.

My friend had her golden 30th birthday and skied her 100th day this season, all in one weekend. Pretty rad birthday party, too.

Sean and Dave on Day 2, probably 5 hours into hiking...we started at 3am and just kept climbing and climbing and climbing.

Sean taking a break from the slog and smiling for the first time in 2 hours.

SUMMIT ROCKS!!!

And then we skied down 7,000 vertical feet to the cars, which are way in the distance where the trees start. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of the actual skiing...I was too tired to even think about the camera anymore.

You can check out the rest of our pics here:

Sean and Nikki's Adventures on Shasta

This was definitely the most difficult thing I've ever done in terms of mental stamina. Can't tell you how many times I wanted to just stop and ski down from wherever I was. Then, at about 9:00am on summit day, these bionic humanoids that started from about 6,000 feet after we started from 10,000 feet started PASSING our group. Amazing. But Sean and I both soldiered on and I'm so glad we did. I had to ski down right away to keep myself from puking...the air is pretty thin at 14,000 feet...but it was still awesome finally getting to the top of something you've struggled for over 10 hours to reach.

One of my best weekends ever, for sure. Thanks Megs!