 | | Another late summer t-storm, hail and rain! Good thing i have leaky bivy! In 30 min or so we saw tons of people streaming off the summit. None got crispy, this time.
Trail Camp, Whitney Main Trail, CA
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 | | There's still a bit of snow/ice left on the trail. Here at the cables we had to dangle outside the safety cables. It's a long ways down. Every year or so someone buys the farm here, but always out of stupidity (glissading down.. into shaded snow.. and into rocks)
Cables, Whitney Main Trail, CA
save file: small medium large |  | | Celebrating the successful summitting of Whitney. We had to introduce these two to booze!
Outpost Camp, Whitney Main Trail, CA
save file: small medium large |  | | Putting in contacts... disposables are 250% better than reusable ones out here!!!
Outpost Camp, Whitney Main Trail, CA
save file: small medium large |  | | Lance is happy. He's gotten fresh cotton clothes on.
Whitney Portal, CA
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Whitney Main Trail, CA
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Trail Camp, Whitney Main Trail, CA
save file: small medium large |  | | Nap time for me too!
Trail Camp, Whitney Main Trail, CA
save file: small medium large |  | | The Core Four has Summated! (a kid wrote that : )
Whitney Summit, CA
save file: small medium large |  | | Gee, guess which one of us works for starbuck?! I still can believe Rita lugged all that carp up to the top for her work.
Whitney Summit, CA
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Whitney Summit Throne, CA
save file: small medium large |  | | All my crap for the trip beforehand. I'm much lighter now.
San Diego, CA
save file: small medium large |  | | The best room ever! Kick-ass giant room to prep for the trip. Same price as a dinky one too.
John Wayne Room, Best Western, Lone Pine, CA
save file: small medium large |  | | Free breakfast. Do you know how many of those little muffins and danishes i have to eat to get full?!?!
Best Western, Lone Pine, CA
save file: small medium large |  | | Drive up to the Portal from Lone Pine. See the summit?
Lone Pine, CA
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Whitney Portal, CA
save file: small medium large |  | | We had a skiddish barista on our trip.
Whitney Main Trail, CA
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Whitney Main Trail, CA
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Whitney Main Trail, CA
save file: small medium large |  | | Beautiful meadow at Outpost. It's much prettier early in the season. By Oct it's brown and the water is not flowing as much.
Outpost, Whitney Main Trail, CA
save file: small medium large |  | | One of the old solar shitters. They are no longer around, they kept getting full because people kept pissing in them. Come on people! Now everyone has to carry their own poo-poo out.
Outpost, Whitney Main Trail, CA
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Trail Camp, Whitney Main Trail, CA
save file: small medium large |  | | The beginning of our summit bit amonst the snow cups.
Just outside of Trail Camp, Whitney Main Trail, CA
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99 Switchbacks, Whitney Main Trail, CA
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Whitney Summit, CA
save file: small medium large |  | | Oh yeah, grilled patty betwen sourdough, hash browns...
Whitney Cafe, Lone Pine, CA
save file: small medium large |  | | Some people are just plain sketchy! So what if the log is moving? I only jiggled it a little bit : )
Whitney Main Trail, CA
save file: small medium large |  | | The gang: Leila, Max, Me, Rita
Whitney Main Trail, John Muir Wilderness, Inyo Natl Park, CA
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