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Mount Shasta

The initial plan was to climb Casaval Ridge, but the weather was not the best with very high winds. So we chose Avalanche Gulch instead. The camp at Helen Lake was rough with very strong winds. While we built a 5ft high wall on three sides of our tents, gloves and cups where carried away by the wind, even the heavy packs were moving in the wind gusts. On the next morning the winds had weakened a lot and we climbed the summit (14,179ft) without incident. Das usprüngliche Ziel war Casaval Ridge, aber das Wetter was nicht sehr gut und wir hatten starke Winde. Darun änderte sich der Plan auf Avalanche Gulch. Das Camp bei Helen Lake war mühsam mit sehr starken Winden. Während wir 1.5m hohe Schneewände and drei Seiten der Zelte bauten, nahm der wind Handschuhe und Becher, sogar die schweren rucksäcke wurden von Windböhen bewegt. Am nächsten Morgen waren die Winde viel schwächer und wir erreichten problemlos den Gipfel (4322m)
Bunny Flat Trailhead
Bunny Flat Trailhead		 To Helen Lake
To Helen Lake		 Helen Lake Camp (10,043ft; 3183m)
Helen Lake Camp (10,043ft; 3183m)		 Camp Kitchen
Camp Kitchen
Evening at Helen Lake
Evening at Helen Lake		 Summit plateau
Summit plateau		 Last steps
Last steps 		At the summit (14,179ft; 4322m)
At the summit (14,179ft; 4322m)

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