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| paclimber | Route Climbed: Mountaineer's Date Climbed: August 29, 2003  | |
| What an amazing mountain. Went up MR, and down the main trail. Weather was perfect. Not a cloud in the sky and plenty warm, even at the summit. It was my first time climbing Whitney. And first time over 12,000 feet. Flew out from PA to do the climb. Now I have to find another cheap flight and space on my calendar to do it again. | |
| Posted Sep 10, 2003 11:20 am | ||
| Bill Ott | Route Climbed: trail Date Climbed: July 31, 1986 | |
| After my brother, and I spent the night sleeping under the wing of our aircraft in Lone Pine, we started hitchhiking to the portal. A lady, in a van, finally took pity on us and gave us a ride, nobody else would. My brother turned around about halfway up the 97 switch backs, after bumming a cigarette from another hiker. Eventually, I staggered back down from the summit, feeling like crap. We were total tourons, but learned some things from our mistakes. Well worth the trip, and as Huell Howser would say "This is AH-MAZING, one of California's gold." | |
| Posted Aug 31, 2003 12:44 pm | ||
| Bill Ott | Route Climbed: Trail Date Climbed: August 17, 1988 | |
| Took my step-daughter and one of her girl friends to the summit so they could earn some extra P.E. credits. They are both knock outs, so we had no problem hitching a ride from the Lone Pine airport. It was amazing, the number of guys who offered free dinners the two nights we camped. No doubt they were seeking wisdom from the old man. At the higher camp we met a squad of British Marines. Her Majesty gave these guys a trip to the U.S. because they volunteered for duty in Ireland. They marched up to the summit in formation, and resembled a train being pulled by a locomotive. The girls were quite taken by their British accents, and charm. Consequently, guarding against marmots became less a priority. | |
| Posted Aug 31, 2003 11:52 am | ||
| Brice Neugebauer | Route Climbed: Whitney Trail Date Climbed: October 2001 | |
| Long day (actually night) hike | |
| Posted Aug 30, 2003 9:46 am | ||
| ktnbs | Route Climbed: The trail Date Climbed: August 1964 | |
| With Mom and Dad (great folks who got me hiking up peaks when I was 7). Heck, thought I'd at least sign the summit log for this way-back event. | |
| Posted Aug 20, 2003 10:51 pm | ||
| Otomax | Route Climbed: Mountaineer's Trail Date Climbed: August 18, 2001 | |
| Underestimated conditioning required. I keep learning these lessons though. | |
| Posted Aug 20, 2003 7:05 pm | ||
| jstrolin | Route Climbed: Mt. Whitney Trail Date Climbed: 8/13/03 | |
| My neice, Jessica, and I started from the main Whitney trailhead at about 2:45am, took our time, and reached the summit at 11:20am. A beautiful moonlit night and sunny morning, with conditions just about ideal the whole way. The hardest part of the trip was coming back - a very long downhill walk that's anti-climatic after reaching the top. But the views from the summit are spectacular and well worth the effort. | ||
| Posted Aug 15, 2003 2:39 pm | ||
| thebeave7 | Route Climbed: Whitney Trail, tourist route Date Climbed: August 12, 2003 | |
| Another good old speed hike. Left the portal at 3:30am and hit the summit before the crowd got there at 8:10am. It was a perfect day, not a cloud in the sky and sunrise was amazing. Temperatures were warm, around 80 at the portal and 50s on top. On the way back down the trail turned into a highway. | |
| Posted Aug 15, 2003 10:43 am | ||
| Zzyzx | Route Climbed: North Face Date Climbed: August 10, 2003 | |
| Coming down from Russell I was going to go over the Whitney-Russell pass and climb MR. As I was getting close to the pass I decided to go up the North Face instead. It was pretty cool class 3 climb with some exposure. Summited at 11:45, about 2.5 hrs after leaving the West Summit of Russell. | ||
| Posted Aug 12, 2003 12:00 am | ||
| trekrbear | Route Climbed: Whitney Trail Date Climbed: September 16, 2002 | |
| First experience with a Sierra Peak and am totally hooked. Solo day-hiked starting at 2am and enjoyed every minute. Stayed at the Portal Campground to acclimatized and had no problem with altitude. Unfortunately, my husband had to cancel due to contacting Lyme Disease in the Spring. Will enjoy sharing the experience with him once he fully recovers. | ||
| Posted Aug 7, 2003 5:53 pm | ||
| Zzyzx | Route Climbed: Mountaineer's Route Date Climbed: May 11, 2003 | |
| Mother's Day. Another great climb! This time we didn't see any other climbers above the Upper Boy Scout Lake. Climbed with Shannon. Stayed on the summit for almost an hour. | ||
| Posted Aug 6, 2003 10:39 pm | ||
| Zzyzx | Route Climbed: Mountaineer's Route Date Climbed: April 19, 2003 | |
| Easter weekend trip. First time up the Mountaineer's Route. Great climb! Lots of snow, perfect sunny weather. Climbed with Daniel and Eileen, all 3 of us summited. | ||
| Posted Aug 6, 2003 10:32 pm | ||
| Scott M. | Route Climbed: Whitney Trail Date Climbed: July 31/2003 | |
| Did a run/hike up with my friend Rob McNair on a generally rainy day. Left at 6:45 AM and made the top at 10:30 AM. A bit of fresh snow on top. Back at the trail head at 1:45 PM. | |
| Posted Aug 1, 2003 6:12 pm | ||
| stayte | Route Climbed: Whitney Trail Date Climbed: October 16, 2002 | |
| Amazing hike...had the summit to ourselves before the storm clouds rolled in. | ||
| Posted Aug 1, 2003 12:33 pm | ||
| grandwazoo | Route Climbed: Whitney Trail Date Climbed: 7-24-2000 | |
| Left the Whitney Portal @ 3:00 am, hit the summit @ 9:00 am and back to the car @ 1:00 pm. Since it was dark for most of my journey ascending it was good to see different views for the decent. The weather was perfect until the summit, very windy and cold. I had drove from Salt Lake City the day before and was planning on hiking White Mountain also during this trip but after drinking a bottle of tequila after the summit of Whitney I decided to drive back to SLC. | |
| Posted Jul 29, 2003 7:44 am | ||
| tyler_durden | Route Climbed: Whitney Trail Date Climbed: 7-26-03 | |
| Climbed the main Whitney Trail with five others and all made it...a great trail although the threat of thunderstorms diminished our stay at the top. | ||
| Posted Jul 27, 2003 11:38 pm | ||
| Paul Spraycar | Route Climbed: East Face Route Date Climbed: August 12, 1999 | |
| Climbed with Phil Marshall via the East Face Route from our camp at Iceberg Lake. What a great climb. Plenty of class 3-4 climbing, ledge by ledge. Snow and storms surrounded the area, so we popped over the top to find nobody on the summit! (Whitney 5x) | ||
| Posted Jul 26, 2003 4:10 pm | ||
| tbnelson | Route Climbed: East Face via Shaky Leg Variation, III, 5.7 Date Climbed: July 24, 2003 | |
| Followed our ascent of the E. Buttress with an ascent of the E. Face via the Shaky Leg variation - felt more like 5.8. Great route, but I never want to do the Tower Traverse again! | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2003 5:30 pm | ||
| tbnelson | Route Climbed: East Buttress, III, 5.7 Date Climbed: July 23, 2003 | |
| Summited via the E. Buttress in about 5 1/2 hours. Great climbing. | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2003 5:19 pm | ||
| gazelle | Route Climbed: Whitney Trail Date Climbed: july 17th, 2003 | |
| Pretty easy trail for the highest peak in the continental U.S. Great view from the summit. The trail is really well taken care of and not steep at all. Next time i'll try the Mountaineers Route. | ||
| Posted Jul 23, 2003 12:52 am | ||
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