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| KHJR | Route Climbed: Started at the Portal Date Climbed: 8.1.05  | |
| 19 boys from Tn, Ms, Alabama made summit on 8.1.05. had a long but good day. Make sure you spend a couple of days getting acclimated. Pack light! | ||
| Posted Aug 6, 2005 10:39 pm | ||
| Gonzo | Route Climbed: whitney trail Date Climbed: July 28, 2005 | |
| quick hike great day great friends and hail hurts really bad | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2005 11:30 pm | ||
| DeeDee | Route Climbed: East Face Date Climbed: July 25, 2004 | |
| Day climb. I liked it better than the East Butt. | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2005 6:59 pm | ||
| DeeDee | Route Climbed: East Buttress Date Climbed: July, 1997 | |
| Difficult route finding. | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2005 6:57 pm | ||
| Chamilton | Route Climbed: Mountaineers Rpute Date Climbed: April 2005 | |
| Leisurely 3 days up the hill with Guide Kurt Wedberg and Backpacker mag. Night 1 at LBSL, night 2 at Iceberg, then summit day. Fantastic weather, tonnes of residual snow, and fixed ropes above the notch. The spa at the Dow Villa was jumping!! | ||
| Posted Aug 4, 2005 3:44 pm | ||
| Dean | Route Climbed: Trail Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2005 | |
| I had climbed White Mtn Peak two days before so I figured the altitude would be no problem and this turned out to be right. I opted for an early morning start just before 3 a.m. and donned my headlamp for the first few miles taking it off near trail camp. I had perfect weather and actually enjoyed the whole trail, particularly the 99 switchbacks that are an impressive engineering feat when you think about them. Met a couple great guys from Kentucky on the switchbacks and we stuck together for the rest of the hike up. It turned out to be a very social trail as everyone is very friendly and are seemingly from every state and many foreign countries. The only thing lacking at the summit was a McD's. The summit was covered with hikers and one guy had parked his behind on the Benchmark which irritated a few who had to ask him to move over a bit as they preferred seeing only the Benchmark in their photos. Still, it was a perfect day and a perfect hike. | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2005 8:44 am | ||
| jefflach | Route Climbed: Mountaineers Route Date Climbed: July 31st, 2005 | |
| Beautiful climb. There's still plenty of snow in the chute, ice-axe recommended. Hailed and rained all night. Look out for the marmots!! | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2005 5:54 pm | ||
| bennovak | Route Climbed: Whitnet Trail Date Climbed: July 31 2005 | |
| Went with some good friends on this second trip up the mountain. CTC in 10 hrs with a nice detour up Mt Muir too. | |
| Posted Aug 1, 2005 7:53 pm | ||
| Climbing Webers | Route Climbed: Main trail Date Climbed: July 30, 2005 | |
| Good weather! There was very little snow on the trail and crampons are not needed. Early start 2:30am and ended at 3:30pm. Long hike with awesome views. Even with a couple days of acclimating still had a little altitude sickness. Wife had first siezure ever due to altitude (fun fun fun!). Great trip! ;) | |
| Posted Jul 31, 2005 8:52 pm | ||
| easleygone | Route Climbed: Whitney Trail Date Climbed: August 1990? | |
| My oldest son's first & only "big" climb with me. We camped in the designated boulder field halfway up and as we summitted the next day, he developed a heavy dose of extreme altitude sickness. I got him down and back to Oklahoma where he when on to law school and never climbed with me again. At least he didn't sue me. | ||
| Posted Jul 30, 2005 4:39 pm | ||
| Andinistaloco | Route Climbed: normal, mostly Date Climbed: 1995? | |
| Great hike - there was a ton of snow on the route (think it was late April) and I remember postholing and swearing mightily while my 150-pound partner frolicked atop the crust of snow. Long day, too... think when i do this one again I'll make it two days and take it easier! | |
| Posted Jul 28, 2005 2:51 am | ||
| citadel07 | Route Climbed: Mountaineers Route Date Climbed: July 25, 2005 | |
| Great trip. Still plenty of snow in chute and at Iceberg Lake. Streams are still running strong which made for some interesting crossings and hailed on 2 afternoons in a row. Awesome trip overall. | ||
| Posted Jul 27, 2005 4:30 pm | ||
| tonyo | Route Climbed: main trail Date Climbed: July 23, 2005 | |
| Day hiked with my son, who made it to the summit in 4:25. Needless to say, I took a bit longer. Ok, maybe a lot longer. 3rd 14er. | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2005 10:27 am | ||
| SusanM | Route Climbed: Main Trail Date Climbed: July 17, 2005 | |
| Glissaded from Trail Crest down to Trail Camp. Big Fun! I can't wait to try the Mountaineering Route. | |
| Posted Jul 23, 2005 11:29 pm | ||
| Matthew Holliman | A nice peak if you avoid the trail... Date Climbed: Jun 5, 2005 | |
| Dayhiked the East Buttress out of the Portal on June 5 '05 with Brian Decker. Some amazingly slow members tagging along in our approach party meant we took several hours longer to reach the start of the climb than I'd expected, and Brian and I were climbing in the shade after the first two or three pitches. Damn, it gets cold up there! But the climbing is moderate, fun, and the route would be an absolute blast if climbed in the sun on a calm day. I think I enjoyed the last few unroped class 3-4 "pitches" best of all. Cramponed down the MR (taking the North Face traverse variation to avoid the icy uppermost portion of the chute), and got lost while trying to descend the Ebersbacher Ledges in the dark--with some truly heinous bushwhacking around the North Fork of Lone Pine Creek while trying to find the trail--to round out the day's variety of adventuring. Memorable outing. I've also been up a couple of the non-technical routes. On my first visit (Aug 17, '03), after a brief scramble up Mt. Muir, the result of changed plans on Day 9 of the 2003 Sierra Challenge, I figured I ought to at least stroll up the trail to tag Whitney's summit while I was in the area. This proved to be every bit as exciting as White Mountain Peak earlier in the week. I came back a year later (Aug 28, '04) as part of a five-peak dayhike loop out of Whitney Portal: Carillon-Tunnabora-Russell-Whitney-Muir. This was much more enjoyable than the first visit. The north side of Whitney was a surprisingly fun scramble, maybe even better than Russell, with some steep slabs in places. | |
| Posted Jul 17, 2005 10:51 pm | ||
| rockcairn | Route Climbed: Mount Whitney Trail Date Climbed: July 12, 2005 | |
| There are still a few snow crossings, but no problem getting by the cable railing on the swtichbacks above trail camp. | |
| Posted Jul 14, 2005 7:13 pm | ||
| Cody | Route Climbed: Mountaineers Route Date Climbed: April 30 2005 | |
| Via Mountaineers Route. My first summit on Whitney. | |
| Posted Jul 11, 2005 2:48 pm | ||
| mtldrinstr | Route Climbed: Whitney Trail Date Climbed: July 1995 | |
| Beautiful trip, can't wait to do it again. | |
| Posted Jul 10, 2005 7:45 pm | ||
| ajdonner | Route Climbed: Trail from west side (via High Sierra Trail-Crescent Meadow) Date Climbed: Summer 2001 | |
| Awesome eight days with my father and brother-in-law. | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2005 11:25 pm | ||
| oaklander | Route Climbed: East Face Date Climbed: July 2, 2005 | |
| Camped at Upper Boy Scout Lake. Route took longer than we expected. Rapped down mountaineers route. Nighted at Iceberg Lake and made an "unexpected " bivy. Super fun! Going back to do East Buttress soon. | |
| Posted Jul 6, 2005 8:07 pm | ||
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