Mt. Shasta 20.-21.6.09

I was planning to climb Mt. Shasta for a while, unfortunately I couldn't find anybody to go with me :-(. I was giving up for this season, when my plans for the weekend were changed in a last minute and instead of backpacking in Yosemite I drove to climb Mt. Shasta with Pavel!
Mt. Shasta is at elevation 14,162 ft. - 4,317 meters. There are many different routes how to reach the top, but for the first time climbers is Avalanche Gulch the best. We started at trailhead Bunny Flat, the distance to the peak is about 6 miles (9,7 km) with elevation gain more than 7000 feet (2100 m). The first day we reached Helen Lake -popular campsite at 10,443 feet (3183 m). We build our tent and after dinner we went to bed around 8 pm.
The second day we got up (or at least tried to) really early. After quick breakfast we started to climb at 4.15 am to the top. The day was beautiful, it was cloudy in the lower elevations, but we had sunny weather! We summited around 9.45 am after fighting our hurting legs and lack of oxygen. The way down was little bit faster. We got back to the Helen lake around 1 pm, packed our tent and hiked down to the car.
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Planovala jsem vylezt na Mt. Shasta uz nejakou dobu, bohuzel jsem ale nemohla nikoho najit, kdo by jel se mnou :-(. Uz jsem se loucila s moznosti vystupu pro tento rok, kdyz se me plany na vikend zmenily na posledni chvili a misto vyletu do Yosemite jsem jela na Mt. Shasta s Pavlem.
Mt. Shasta je ve vysce 4,317 m - 14,162 ft. Je mnoho cest jak dosahnout vrcholu, ale pro lidi, co jdou poprve je nejlepsi Avalanch Gulch. My jsme vysli z Bunny Flat, vzdalenost na vrchol je asi 9,7 km (6 miles) s rozdilem v nadmorske vysce asi 2100 m (7000 feet). Prvni den jsme dosli k Hellen Lake - oblibene taboriste ve vysle 3183 m (10, 443 feet). Postavli jsme stan a po veceri jsem sli spat kolem 8 vecer.
Druhy den jsme vstali brzo (tedy alespon jsme se o to snazili). Po rychle snidani jsme vyrazili v 4.15 k vrcholu. Byl nadherny den, v nizsich polohach bylo zamraceno, ale my jsme meli slunicko. Na vrchol jsme dorazili kolem 9.45 po boji s bolavymi nohami a nedostatkem kysliku. Cesta dolu byla trochu rychlejsi. Dosli jsme zpet k Helen lake kolem 1 odpoledne, zabalili jsme stan a sesli zpet k autu.
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