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This mountain names a Sōtō Zen monastery founded by Jiyu-Kennet. This mountain and a county to its south, where the ground sloth Nothrotheriops (“NOTH-ro-THEER-ee-ops”) was discovered, are both named for a people who fought alongside the Takelma in the Rogue River Wars. A legend holds that this (-5[1])[emphasize] extant mountain is where the sky god Skell stood to throw rocks at the underworld god Llao (“lao”). The book A Dweller on Two Planets claims that this mountain hides Telos, a utopian city built (10[1])by Lemurians. (10[1])A town below this mountain sells trinkets (10[1])that say “I love Weed.” (10[3])Like a manmade lake of the same name that drains the Pit River, this mountain stands in a national forest that protects the Trinity Alps. A local word for this mountain inspired the name of Yreka (“wye-REE-kuh”), the seat of Siskiyou (“SISK-yoo”) County. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[2])Lassen (10[1])Peak is southeast (-5[1])of what (10[1])California volcano (10[1])in the southern (10[1])Cascades? (10[4])■END■ (10[4]0[2])

ANSWER: Mount Shasta [or Waka-nunee-Tuki-wuki or Úytaahkoo or Wáik’a; accept Shasta–Trinity National Forest; accept Shasta Lake, Shasta County, Shasta ground sloth, or Shasta Abbey]
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Jakob MyersIndianaChicago A45-5
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