We started the morning in jackets around the fire. We relished this moment since we came up to the mountains from the very hot Sacramento Valley.
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We started the morning in jackets around the fire. We relished this moment since we came up to the mountains from the very hot Sacramento Valley.
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Then some of us hiked part of the way up Mt. Shasta. We started at about 7000 ft. elevation and hiked up to Horse Camp at about 8000 ft. elevation.
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Then some of us hiked part of the way up Mt. Shasta. We started at about 7000 ft. elevation and hiked up to Horse Camp at about 8000 ft. elevation.
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The trail continued after Horse Camp, but hikers needed to be a bit more fit and ambitious than us, and you needed ice axes and crampons.
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The trail continued after Horse Camp, but hikers needed to be a bit more fit and ambitious than us, and you needed ice axes and crampons.
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The plaque in the hut at Horse Camp
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The plaque in the hut at Horse Camp
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My self portrait...testing the timer on my camera.
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My self portrait...testing the timer on my camera.
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Our group assembling for a group photo.
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Our group assembling for a group photo.
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The weather can get very scary up here at times and I'm sure this hut has saved a life or two.
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The weather can get very scary up here at times and I'm sure this hut has saved a life or two.
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On the way down we met lots of groups of hikers on their way to the summit. Their gear was intriguing...especially the boots they hiked in. They looked like very uncomfortable ski boots. It didn't look like a fun hike to me!
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On the way down we met lots of groups of hikers on their way to the summit. Their gear was intriguing...especially the boots they hiked in. They looked like very uncomfortable ski boots. It didn't look like a fun hike to me!
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Our friends Roger and Linda
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Our friends Roger and Linda
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I call this "The Lonely Hiker".
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I call this "The Lonely Hiker".
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My husband mugging for the camera.
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My husband mugging for the camera.
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Later in the day, Tom took me, with my bike, up to a summit above our campground and I rode about 10 miles downhill.
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Later in the day, Tom took me, with my bike, up to a summit above our campground and I rode about 10 miles downhill.
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The downhill trip followed one of the forks of the Sacramento River.
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The downhill trip followed one of the forks of the Sacramento River.
