And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Sunday, October 17, 2021
Shasta and a lenticular cloud. It's so tall it makes it's own weather.
The viewpoint is west/northwest of the mountain, likely from College of the Siskiyous. Pink sunsets are an occasional treat as the setting sun behind you gets colored by whatever is in the coastal atmosphere. As for the truncated peak, that is Black Butte, a secondary cinder cone on the flanks of the mountain. Mt. Shasta is not all that high (14162 ft.) by mountaineering standards, but it stands by itself, with the valley floors around it between 3000 and 4000 ft. People do run into mountain sickness when they come up from sea level, like the bay area and try to summit in a day without acclimating to it.
Not Black Butte, that's actually Shastina, a satellite cone of Mt Shasta. This is the exact view I have when visiting and barbecuing in the backyard with friends who live in the community of Lake Shastina. Black Butte is out of this picture to the right. Jack in Mount Shasta
It looks like part of the peak on the right is missing.
ReplyDeleteThe viewpoint is west/northwest of the mountain, likely from College of the Siskiyous. Pink sunsets are an occasional treat as the setting sun behind you gets colored by whatever is in the coastal atmosphere. As for the truncated peak, that is Black Butte, a secondary cinder cone on the flanks of the mountain.
ReplyDeleteMt. Shasta is not all that high (14162 ft.) by mountaineering standards, but it stands by itself, with the valley floors around it between 3000 and 4000 ft. People do run into mountain sickness when they come up from sea level, like the bay area and try to summit in a day without acclimating to it.
Not Black Butte, that's actually Shastina, a satellite cone of Mt Shasta. This is the exact view I have when visiting and barbecuing in the backyard with friends who live in the community of Lake Shastina. Black Butte is out of this picture to the right.
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You are correct, and my apologies for the mistake. I've been on the summit of both Black Butte and Mt. Shasta, and I had forgotten about Shastina.
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