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KabalaArch
Trad climber
Starlite, California
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Feb 19, 2012 - 09:31pm PT
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A neighbor of ours retained a local guide service to lead him through the course,or at least one of its variations.
Apparently, some long jumps are required to clear chasms. One of these found him flatfooted. He tore out both Achilles tendons, and wore a boot brace contraption for the better part of a year.
How about blue bots dots every 10 feet?
Now that you mention it my wife and I, then my g/f, accepted some bad beta, when our HS buddies recommended the Sargant's Ridge as a feasible route for an ascent of Shasta - we were only 15, 16.
Sargant's leads up the climber's right of the old Shasta Bowl Ski area, still in existence at that time. It leads, well out of the way, I'd add,to what later maps have assigned the placename "Shastarama Point," on which I was to spring hike and sskie, many years later, with one of the new ski area's partners, up from the east slopes, after a lengthy traverse from the Everret Memorial Hwy's snowline, up to the Konwokation Glacier.
Anyway, this line took us all day to get nowhere. But what kept leading us on to the proper ridge and gulley leading up to Red Banks, were these tiny red dots, every 30 to 50 feet, along the natural line of these ridge tops. Subtle, too, about 1/8" in diameter, at consistently placed at fairly uniform intervals. These trail blazes, on one of our very first mountaineering episodes, left us completely sandbagged, forcing our retreat.
Vengence was to be ours the following summer, when we opted for the correct route on that aspect of the Mountain. We were rewarded for our 10:00 am alpine start with one of the most spectacular alpenglow sunsets we've ever seen from any summit.
Unfortunately, we didn't make it back to the car until 3 am the following morning.
So much for the "Red Dot Route."
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Feb 19, 2012 - 09:53pm PT
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Did he buy the Brooklyn bridge, too?
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bubble boy
Big Wall climber
Mammoth, CA
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BUMP for getting off the chalked holds!
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MisterE
Gym climber
Being In Sierra Happy Of Place
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Aug 28, 2015 - 07:37am PT
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Went on this last year with Tai and others - Tai has added some fun variants at the start of the course.
The chimneying section (pictured with Doug) definitely made me glad I was roped up!
Great video, Ed - I know most of that crowd!
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NicoleRowellRyan
Social climber
Plymouth, CA
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Aug 22, 2016 - 01:01pm PT
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I was at that Buttermilk wedding of Doug and Heidi back in 1972. I was a little kid, but I remember it well. It is so cool to see the photos of my Dad from back then. I don't remember seeing these before. Thanks for sharing them.
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