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| yaknjorgl | mountaineers route  Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2001 | |
| im unsure about the dates its been a while. I went with some old drunk guy and his flat-lander friend. Much better than slogging the trail during the summer, ebersbacher ledges were not as hairball as advertised. I got Warren Harding to sign my route book next to the description of the his route. | |
| Posted Jan 2, 2007 6:44 am | ||
| eferesen | Mount Whitney Trail Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2006 | |
| Excellent weather. It took 12 hrs and 59 minutes. I had the worst headache starting from swtichbacks to the summit. Took me 5 hr to reach the summit (from the 97 switchbacks). I was crawling. But it was worthwile. It taught me respect for nature. | |
| Posted Dec 29, 2006 8:54 pm | ||
| tpdwr | On the trail! Date Climbed: Jul 11, 1993 | |
| Overnight with Keeler needle and Mt. Muir. | |
| Posted Dec 18, 2006 11:19 pm | ||
| ahaass | ahaass Date Climbed: Dec 4, 2006 | |
| Mt Whitney winter summit Trail conditions on the main route are excellent. No snowshoes required. Summitted without strapping on crampons, but probably should have! Crampons (and axe, of course) required from trailcrest to middle of the switchbacks on the way down. Photoson the Mt Whitney main page show the trail starting to fill in with packed snow which freezes. Above trailcrest the trail is 25% covered and half of that is solid ice. See photos of trail conditions on Mt Whitney main page dated Dec 6th. Camped at Trail Side camp @12,000', 15 degrees overnight. 15.5 hrs total hiking. | |
| Posted Dec 7, 2006 4:58 am | ||
| danman3156 | East Butress Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2006 | |
| What an awesome climb! It was very hot the day that we chose to climb and we apparently did not bring enough water as we were very dehydrated by the time we reached the summit. Splitting headaches. | |
| Posted Dec 5, 2006 6:44 am | ||
| MickP321 | One long day Date Climbed: Jun 24, 2005 | |
| Started at about 3am and reached the summit by noon. I slept well that night. | |
| Posted Dec 3, 2006 1:55 am | ||
| gregoryv | Whitney Portal Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2005 | |
| Mellow trip. Camped at 10,500'. Late start. Summit around 12:00. Beautiful weather. | |
| Posted Nov 2, 2006 5:49 pm | ||
| Chuckpeezy1 | so worth it Date Climbed: May 22, 2006 | |
| the switchbacks on the main trail aren't so fun, but the summit makes it all worth while | |
| Posted Oct 25, 2006 5:53 pm | ||
| Desert_Solitaire | Main trail Date Climbed: Sep 20, 2006 | |
| Day hiked it...beautiful! The trail is relatively easy... | |
| Posted Oct 19, 2006 5:03 pm | ||
| heyitsme | whitney | |
| easy climb, trail well marked. good views | |
| Posted Oct 17, 2006 9:22 pm | ||
| mlarkin2002 | Dayhike via trail Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2006 | |
| Dayhiked Muir, then went for Whitney as a bonus. | ||
| Posted Oct 10, 2006 1:36 am | ||
| mlarkin2002 | Whitney Trail Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2003 | |
| Ascent via main trail, 8/3/03. Snowstorm kept us in camp 8/2. Climbed with 5 others. Camped 8/1 at Outpost Camp, 8/2 at Trail Camp. | ||
| Posted Oct 10, 2006 1:33 am | ||
| Eleutheros | First for the Day Date Climbed: Oct 8, 2006 | |
| First of only three to summit today. Snow, driving wind and ice drove back more than 30 other climbers, including everyone else in my party. Overnight at Trail Camp on Saturday. | |
| Posted Oct 9, 2006 6:34 am | ||
| Outdoorpartner | 16 hour marathon Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2004 | |
| Started at midnight right after having a bear encounter in the parking lot. Took me 16 hours; I lost the route several times and had to backtrack. Solo ascent. | |
| Posted Oct 5, 2006 5:53 am | ||
| atavist | Whitney, every which way | |
| My first summit of Whitney culminated my 11 day JMT trek in Aug 01. I returned and climbed the MR in March 05. After suffering car trouble en route to the Palisades in June 05, the weekend was salvaged with a dayhike attempt of Muir/Whitney/Russell. I made it up the Whitney Trail and down the MR. I didn't quite make Russell that day. My fourth Whitney summit was via the East Buttress in Sep 06. I think it is overstated at 5.7, although we found a challenging squeeze chimney about 250' below the true summit. | |
| Posted Oct 1, 2006 10:36 pm | ||
| thedus | East Face Car to Car in a Loooong Day Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2006 | |
| Robin and I wanted to get up Whitney in a memorable way, so we settled on the historic East Face route. Getting to the base of the route was no problem, but a few routefinding fumbles on the route itself conspired to make us take quite a bit longer than expected. We summitted shortly after sunset and, after regrouping and warming up in the hut, we began the long plod down the Whitney Trail. The day ended successfully, but far more memorably than either of us had hoped (or wanted). | |
| Posted Sep 26, 2006 3:51 pm | ||
| Tbacon251 | Made it!!! Date Climbed: Sep 21, 2006 | |
| After taking the standard route we finally made the summit on Sept 21nd. We started on Sept 20. Great weather!!! | |
| Posted Sep 25, 2006 7:43 pm | ||
| cagedalpinist | First CA 14'er Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2006 | |
| Perfect weather, classic E.Face route. Fresh air traverse very memorable. Dedicated to our friends battling breast cancer. | |
| Posted Sep 20, 2006 4:21 pm | ||
| shawniemc | My first California 14er, my buddies first summited 14er Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2006 | |
| We took 3 days, started on the 27th, camped at both Outpost and Trail. | |
| Posted Sep 20, 2006 3:41 am | ||
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