6K' and 11 miles is only halfway

6K' and 11 miles and you're only halfway - now you have to get back down!:)

"What is life? Life is a test." - Black Uhuru

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I met so many wonderful people on this trip.

The camp host at Tuolumne Meadows who told me to go 30 minutes to Lee Vining to get a shower instead of 90 minutes to the valley floor.


Jeanette, the camp host at Whitney Portal, who switched me to a better campsite and told me not to worry about the bear in it - just shoo him off.

My camp neighbor, Adolf, who hikes all the time at his home in the San Bernardino mountains, who has summited Whitney five times since having his hip replacement, and who advised me to get different boots "next time"(!) I do this.

Adelle(?), the woman who operates the Whitney Portal store, who is full of stories and advice from many, many hikers.


The Marine who urged me to the top while I urged him to the top.

Mary and Ed, who stuck by me almost the whole way, even though they could have hiked faster.


Clement and Tes, who summited early, came back down the trail at least twice to check on the rest of us, and waited at the top so that we could have a group photo.

Catherine, who got us into this - Hey, who wants to hike Whitney?

And Dana, who always stayed behind the last person in our group.

Thanks a lot, everyone. It was a great trip.

Posted at 01:04AM Sep 12, 2006 by alta in Personal  |  Comments[1]