October 28, 2006 on 5:23 pm | In Uncategorized |
I survived, barely. Andy Joe and I hiked Mt. Whitney last Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. It was by far the most difficult physical activity I have tried. Andy compared it to running a marathon by saying that climbing Whitney was harder. There was a lot of snow and we definitely needed crampons and ice axes (we didn’t have). It was really cold! I’ll give the condensed version here and possibly a more detailed version later on.
Day 1
Arrived Whitney Portal @ 2pm. Camped at “Upper Boy scout Lake” @ 6pm.
Start Elevation: 8200ft
End Elevation: 11200ft
Distance Hiked: 3.2 miles
Altitude Climbed: 3000ft
Day 2
Hiked to “Iceberg Lake” then up and over “Whitney-Col Pass.” Camped at “Guitar Lake” @ 3pm
Start Elevation: 11200ft
End Elevation: 11200ft
Distance Hiked: 4.4 miles
Altitude Climbed: 2100ft
Day 3
Hiked on “John Muir Trail” to junction with “Whitney Trail.” Summit Whitney. Hiked back to parking lot and then drove home after some pizza and beer in Lone Pine.
Start Elevation: 11200ft
End Elevation: 14491ft
Distance Hiked: 16 miles
Altitude Climbed: 3291ft