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| alpinegosse | Done  | |
| East Buttress, 23 Hours, out of Shape, people waited. | |
| Posted Nov 24, 2008 11:39 am | ||
| ScottyP | East Face Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2006 | |
| Great route. Missed the fresh air but found a nice 5.8 crack instead. Looooong approach hike! | |
| Posted Nov 13, 2008 6:28 pm | ||
| RSBARNES | Two day trip | |
| It was an Awesome trip. | |
| Posted Nov 11, 2008 1:24 am | ||
| nextyearranier | Mountaineers Route Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2006 | |
| Made it to the summit, hard time on the ledges, challenging for a novice like me. | |
| Posted Nov 3, 2008 8:35 pm | ||
| nayrb | Got Sick 500 Vertical Feet from Summit Date Climbed: Oct 2, 2008 | |
| Climbed w/ my good friend Bill ... and his friend Gary. We came up from the Whitney Portal that morning around 7 AM and made it to Trail Camp pretty quick. After lunch decided to go for summit instead of waiting until 2 AM. After 97-ish switchbacks ... made it to Trail Crest at around 13,600 ft. We crossed by the "windows" and I got sick ... bad headach, dizzy, and sick to my stomach ... my 1st experience w/ AMS. I decided to head down 500 vertical feet from summit. Bill & Gary went on to summit. It was cold & windy. Made it back down to trail camp just before the sun went down. Bill & Gary made it down about 1 hour after the sun went down. I will go back. Great climb & experience though. Note: about 2 hours up the switchback & 1.5 hours from Trail Crest to Summit. | |
| Posted Oct 25, 2008 11:30 am | ||
| BLong | Whitney Hike Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2008 | |
| I climbed Mt. Whitney with a good friend / fellow guide on June 27th this year. It was a great trip with some excellent views as the sun rose. Good time despite the heavy traffic. 2011 update: I climbed the east buttress route in late june. Good prep for Mt. Russell. | |
| Posted Oct 6, 2008 6:39 pm | ||
| Cascade Scrambler | Feels like 20 miles each way Date Climbed: Oct 2, 2008 | |
| Climbed this mountain after having my first shot ripped out from under me by an unethical former climbing partner. This was a great climb with beautiful scenery and lots of great people to meet along the way. Next time, we'll climb a different route to shake things up a bit. | |
| Posted Oct 5, 2008 1:54 am | ||
| uh60speedy | Off the JMT Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2008 | |
| Came up from Guitar Lake off of John Muir Trail. We wanted to climb Langley as well, but we were already behind schedule one day. Ended up coming out at Whitney Portal, with our car still at Horeshoe. | ||
| Posted Oct 2, 2008 12:37 pm | ||
| SkydiveKen | Once again Date Climbed: Sep 21, 2008 | |
| Mountaineers route one more time! #5 Down the main trail to tag Muir. | |
| Posted Sep 28, 2008 11:33 pm | ||
| canichol | Day hike from Whitney Portal Date Climbed: Aug 19, 1997 | |
| Started the hike at 6am and finished at 7pm after a swim in Lone Pine Lake. Met a bear on the trail - he passed me coming down into the campground, and I watched as he strolled over to the nearest jeep, popped open the unguarded cooler in the back and proceeded to have breakfast. Second time was done in 2002. | |
| Posted Sep 28, 2008 11:52 am | ||
| rematore | Made it Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2008 | |
| The hardest part was finding time to get out there. | |
| Posted Sep 28, 2008 12:15 am | ||
| ice | One day Whitney Trail Date Climbed: Sep 21, 2008 | |
| Started at 3AM from the Whitney Portal trailhead. Took the Whitney Trail route and arrived on the peak at around 11AM. Perfect weather and no mishaps. Climbed Muir on the way down. | |
| Posted Sep 24, 2008 4:09 am | ||
| RyanCampagna | AdamJ loves switchbacks! Date Climbed: Sep 20, 2008 | |
| Little bro got sick and didn't make it up, bummer. Overall, great time with some good friends. Pizza factory was kinda a pain in the ___ cuz of some crazy kids running around, and they take forever, but the pizza was my savior, as was the hostel shower... Done. | |
| Posted Sep 23, 2008 3:12 pm | ||
| AdamJ | I call this a nighthike Date Climbed: Sep 20, 2008 | |
| Left at 10pm with some buddies. Awesome ascent but on the way down it seemed that some rascal added an extra 5 miles or so...damn flat switchbacks! Didn't remember them on the way up in the dark. | |
| Posted Sep 22, 2008 7:28 pm | ||
| 96avs01 | Full Moon Dayhike Date Climbed: Sep 16, 2008 | |
| A great dayhike on the main trail under full moon illumination. Summited at sunrise. | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2008 1:14 pm | ||
| MelitoIrpino | Whitney | |
| Did this hike 3 times in the 90's all up the Portal trail, although one time the 98 switchbacks were covered with snow so we had to go straight up. Would like to try the Mountaineers Route some day and also climb Muir. | |
| Posted Sep 15, 2008 2:35 pm | ||
| KClosson | Only Need to Do It Once Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2007 | |
| I have done the tourist route twice (Also, July 25, 2008) as day hikes. It was fun the first time, but I was kind of bored with it the second time around since the views had been burned into my head from the year before. It is respectable mountain for its height. Although I may try another route someday to the top there is just too much of the Eastern Sierra that I would rather spend time climbing. | |
| Posted Sep 11, 2008 9:14 pm | ||
| Sienna | Always fun Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2001 | |
| Great mountain. | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2008 3:38 pm | ||
| seano | North face Date Climbed: Sep 11, 2007 | |
| Climbed on the Russell-Whitney-Muir loop. Nice route, and not too hard to find on the way up. | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2008 2:14 pm | ||
| crnhlio | Good workout Date Climbed: May 17, 2007 | |
| Camped on the top for 3 nights before going to AK. Should have brought some non-climbing magazines. | |
| Posted Sep 2, 2008 10:39 am | ||
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