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| Preparing to cut the way through the sward to the base of the untamed volcanic core. |
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| Scott is first because his watch has a compass. |
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| Gina is grinning about the rocks she's put in Scott's fanny-pack. |
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| Up close, Pilot Rock is a stunning rock formation. The columnar basalt rises vertically for a good distance, but then changes direction at the top. |
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| Note the watch with compass, GPS, and laser-pointer. |
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| Man of Action! |
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| Mt Shasta |
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| Mt McLoughlin at rear-left. Gina, Scott celebrate the historic first ascent. Scott was sitting on old incense sticks, and there was a spray-painted stencil near the USGS marker. These items were clearly on the seabed before the volcano that created Pilot Rock came into being. To understand genealogy is to understand the planet. |
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| Mt Shasta |
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| Gina, First Woman on Top. |
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| Yep. Mt Shasta, again. |
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| A biplane swings by to record the historic event. |
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| This awesome panorama includes Mt. McLoughlin (left, and another first ascent of yours truly) and Mt Shasta (right) |
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| Totally sweet rocks, but don't be so awed that you miss Gina's Historic First Descent. |
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| A good pioneer knows a photo op. |
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| These are the rocks at the top-left portion of the photo below. |
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| Rocks. Yeah, Baby! |
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| Pilot Rock as the sun crests. |
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| The forested return hike through virgin woods. |
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| Pilot Rock from a where we fought off a pack of wolves. The shapes that look like people on top are just dust on the lens. Don't worry about it. |
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