pct day 32 - 06/06/13

mt whitney! highest point in the contiguous 48 states. recent satellite actually has it at 14,505 feet. i left at 05:15 with hacksaw and zoomed up the mountain and the 4000 feet of elevation gain. here is a pic of some snow we had to hike thru . . .


i made it to the top by 07:50 - here is the plaque . . .



i shot this little video from the top . . .

here are pics of me alone at the top as well as with hacksaw . . .







oh, and here is me being crazy at the top . . .



we made our way down and jumped in guitar lake - brrrr, but refreshing. after a quick lunch back where we camped last night, we made our way with the goal of summiting forester pass on the same day.

here is an amazing meadow on the way over to forester . . .

here is a video of the climb right before forester. i know it is hard to believe, but we actually climbed up that little tear drop of snow at the top of the pass shown at the beginning and end of the video. crazy and amazing all at once . . .

here is that little tear drop of snow right before we crossed it . . .



and here is a video of the top of forester - 13,200 feet and the highest point on the pct . . .

here is me behind the sign at forester as well as hacksaw and i standing on the snow pass at the top of forester . . .






finally here is a pic of hacksaw so you can see the snow fields we had to traverse . . .



truly epic day. i can safely say i have never experienced something like this in one day and i am truly grateful.

16 miles of whitney side trip plus 18 pct mile from upper crabtree meadow to cs785. 785 pct miles total. 34 miles for the day.

- tribhu (tree-boo)