Hey all, I was hoping some of you could provide some feedback to me. I'm climbing Mt. Rainier in late June with a guide service and then was planning on doing Mt. Shasta (also guided) a couple of days after the Rainier climb. I guess I'm wondering if I'm being overly optimistic. Part of reason is that I live in the midwest and don't really have the opportunity to get out west multiple times and do a bunch of mountaineering, so when I can, I'd like to take advantage of it. I did Mt. Whitney via Mountaineer's Route last year and caught the mountaineering bug, really enjoyed it. In terms of fitness, I'm training for a marathon here in May and then I'll be doing about a month of 40-50lb backpack hikes/backpacking excursions as often as I can to train. Let me know your thoughts. Thank you.
-Richard