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| tb00957 | trail  Date Climbed: Oct 23, 1999 | |
| my first sierra peak. Felt the altitude. | ||
| Posted Jun 21, 2006 11:55 pm | ||
| Steve Gardner | Single Day Summit Date Climbed: Jun 19, 2006 | |
| Up and down the main trail in a little over 14 hours. Snow above trail camp required crampons but otherwise pretty straight forward hike. Great weather. | ||
| Posted Jun 20, 2006 6:29 pm | ||
| dervin | The Tourist Highway Route Date Climbed: Sep 23, 2005 | |
| Ran into a bit of snow, and ice that made the descent challenging for some of our group. | |
| Posted Jun 20, 2006 3:44 am | ||
| rockrat2 | Mountaineer's route | |
| Very fun route. We were wanting to do East Face but small avalanches and poor conditions made us re-think our route options. Decided to do the "for sure" thing and did the Mountaineer's route. Was surprisingly fun and decent challenge. Wish I wouldn't have carried all that rock climbing gear in though. Will try East next time in summer. | |
| Posted Jun 20, 2006 3:03 am | ||
| jleduc | Normal Route Date Climbed: Jun 4, 2006 | |
| Up and down in 2 days. Weather couldn't be better. Glissading was the best part. | |
| Posted Jun 8, 2006 9:29 pm | ||
| lingana | Fast-Paced Climb by MR Date Climbed: May 28, 2006 | |
| Lost a day in Vegas, because of Airline people goofing up my luggage (sending it to Chicago). 1st Day - Portal to UBSL 2nd Day - UBSL - Summit - UBSL\ 3rd Day - UBSL - Portal - Vegas - Houston - College Station, TX It was exhausting ! But we made it ! | |
| Posted Jun 2, 2006 7:47 pm | ||
| downbooties | Mt. Whitney- Main trail hike Date Climbed: Oct 15, 2003 | |
| The day before, I was able to walk right into the Lone Pine Ranger Station and pick up a permit. Didn't know any better at the time, but now I feel lucky (maybe because it was a weekday after school started?) Spent a peaceful night at the Whitney Portal Trailhead campground (also just walked-in). Began hiking 0300 and witnessed a spectacular red sunrise when I got to the Trail camp. Summitted around 1030 and down by 1500. Thinking of the views from the junction with the JMT onward to the summit still make me shiver with happiness. | |
| Posted Jun 2, 2006 5:58 pm | ||
| Bill562 | Main trail Date Climbed: May 27, 2006 | |
| Climbed from Trail Camp, snow was rock hard, winds were strong and gusting. Had the summit to myself - now how many people can say that on Whitney? And yes, ice axe/crampons and knowledge how to use them came in handy (seems to be the burning question for the area) :-) | |
| Posted May 30, 2006 8:30 pm | ||
| kommish | Main trail Date Climbed: Oct 15, 2003 | |
| Left at 3am made the top and was down having a burger by 3pm. Fun day friend had a touch of altitude sickness though. | |
| Posted May 22, 2006 5:05 pm | ||
| ElCapitanKoolAid | Normal route | |
| Went with my friends to hike to the summit. It was their first time on such a high altitude and I am sure they enjoyed it the lack of oxygen. | |
| Posted May 22, 2006 3:55 am | ||
| Hulio | Whitney Trail Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2005 | |
| There was still lots of snow on the ground, but the weather was perfect for my first 14er! An awesome day out! | |
| Posted May 15, 2006 11:47 pm | ||
| lakenyon | trail | |
| Walked up in Sept 2003 and have not been back since. The drive is too long. | |
| Posted May 14, 2006 10:24 pm | ||
| esugi | MR Route finally Date Climbed: May 1, 2006 | |
| After having been unsuccessful on the MR route 3 times before (first time we accidently went up the wrong fork, second time we turned around at the notch due to conditions, and third time weathered in at high camp), I finally summitted under beautiful conditions. We camped at Clyde Meadows and left camp too early in the morning (1am). We did not want to summit in the complete darkness so we froze our asses off at iceberg for couple of hours while waiting for little daylight. Overall a fantastic time. Got little nervous going through couple of avalanche debris field on the way up to LBSL. It looked like more stuff could be coming down with the weather being so warm. | |
| Posted May 4, 2006 8:07 pm | ||
| eggheadsherpa | Route Climbed: Mountaineer's Route Date Climbed: Apr 30, 2006 | |
| Camped at Iceberg Lake and summited the next day. Had great weather throughout! | |
| Posted May 4, 2006 5:58 am | ||
| Quadaxial | via MR route 4/2/6 Date Climbed: Apr 2, 2006 | |
| Hello, My girlfriend, Niki, and I summited Mt. Whitney via the Mountaineer's Route after a winter of substantial storms. We started at 7am on Saturday, camped at Iceberg Lake, summited at 11am and returned to our car below the Portal at 6:15pm. The weather was perfect! We really got lucky. I'll post a detailed trip report and pictures on my website. Jason | |
| Posted Apr 5, 2006 3:50 am | ||
| Tracy | 2x from Whitney Portal - 38 years apart Date Climbed: Sep 1, 1973 | |
| I was 11 years old, my older brother Barton was 12 and my younger brother Eric was 9. We all made it to the top with our Dad. Beautiful clear day and mobs of other hikers. Camped at Lone Pine Lake. Completed within 24 hours start to finish. 38 years later (8/10/2011) I hiked this one again via the Mountaineers Route with Doug (summitpost member "Holsti97"), his niece Megan, and Ed (summitpost member "Edsclimb"). Great group to hike with. We overnighted at Iceberg Lake. It was Doug's 48th state highpoint, Ed's 30th, and Megan's 4th. For me it was a first state highpoint repeat (of my first state highpoint); however, it was by a more adventurous route. | |
| Posted Mar 31, 2006 10:11 am | ||
| Matt Worster | MR day trip Date Climbed: Jun 4, 2005 | |
| MR up, summer trail down, 17 hour day, snow continuous from Lower Boy Scout Lake. Awesome day. | |
| Posted Mar 29, 2006 3:51 pm | ||
| Uncle Jams Army | Mountaineer's Route Date Climbed: Apr 10, 2004 | |
| I climbed this route as part of a 5-day mountaineering course. We hiked up to UBL through the E-ledges on day one, and camped there for three days. On the fourth day, we summitted via the farthest left Chute above the notch, using ascenders to climb on ropes fixed by the guide service. Very nice summit day, as the weather was clear and perfect snow conditions. | |
| Posted Mar 28, 2006 1:14 am | ||
| splattski | Whitney Trail in a day Date Climbed: Jun 24, 2003 | |
| Climbed with my wife on our anniversary, along with my Dad, 74. What a gorgeous climb. After listening to the wind shake the roof on our hotel room all night, it was calm at the portal. We had mostly clear skies with some wind up high. But not bad. With a 4am departure, made it back to the car at 5 minutes to headlamp o'clock. | |
| Posted Mar 25, 2006 2:22 am | ||
| ericd | Weekend Summit Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2005 | |
| Flew to Las Vegas, rented car, drove to trailhead, slept, climbed all day with a summit around 1pm. This has got to be one of the prettiest approaches, can see where Ansel Adams got all his photos from! Did the Pinnacle Peak (13,000')for extra-credit. 13hr climb with about 7000' elevation gain. | |
| Posted Mar 23, 2006 11:58 pm | ||
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