Castle Crag and Mt Shasta, California
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A partial view of the Castle Crags as seen high up on the approach trail.
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| Looking up the third pitch from a comfortable belay ledge. You have to go looking for gear on this pitch! |  |
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Looking down the fourth pitch. |
| Steve belaying at the top of the crux fifth pitch. A fantastic place to hang out one pitch from the top. |  |
| Steve Atkins being belayed up a variation of the last pitch of the Cosmic
Wall. The guide book does not have the last pitch ascending this
airy arête. The arête is 5.5 with good pro.
Cosmic Wall is a great climb. We were the only people on the the spire that day. |
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A view of Shasta from the top. This is the best view we has in four days. |
| July 6th 2000
On the approach to our base camp at 10,000 feet. We speculate that this strip of cleared land, that parallels a ridge for several miles, was either constructed by
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Steve out practicing self arresting next to our tent. |
| Early morning alpen glow on the lower slopes of Mt. Shasta |  |
| Putting on crampons for the first snow field of the day just above camp. |  |
| Above the snow fields we see two shallow gullies of fresh snow heading up to the cliff bands below the summit. |  |
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A view south down our route from around 11,000 feet. This
shallow gully is full of fresh snow from a snow storm the previous week.
Wind normally blows the winter snows off this route, so the route melts
out by the beginning of July. The talus on either side of the
gully is unstable and not pleasant to hike up.
The fresh snow is not firm enough to be very enjoyable, but is still better than the lose scree. Behind Steve is a view of the Muddy River. Our route started out of the field of view to the left (east). |
| Steve posing for the cover of Climbing magazine. The ominous cliff bands are the technically difficult section of the climb. |  |
| One of the few glimpses of blue sky at around 12,000 feet.
Still only fresh snow. |
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A crowded summit - all the other people on the submit had trudge up
the tourist route following a low row of wands..
I am the fellow in the sun hat on the left. Even though Shasta is in a wilderness the tourist route is regularly wanded and has not wilderness qualities. In contrast our route had only one other climber that day.
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Upcoming Trips
Spring break at Red Rock Nevada
During spring break I will be leading a trip for Plattsburgh State students to Red Rock Nevada. Red Rock is a great place because it mixes beautiful scenery with both short and long climbs.
M.I.T. Outing Club
Most of my recreational activities while I was in Boston were done in conjunction with the MIT Outing Club (MITOC) where I was the Mountaineering Chairman for six years. I lead trips and classes in rock climbing, ice climbing, mountaineering, sea kayaking and cross country skiing. MITOC's largest educational and outdoor activity is Winter School. Winter School is conducted every January during the winter semester. Classes are held biweekly, with trips schedule every weekend during January.
I have included directions to the Longwood Bouldering Wall and the Mill City Rock Gym in Dracut; and more climbing and mountaineering pictures.
Stephen Paul Linder |
Dartmouth College Hanover, NH 03755 USA |
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