Day 55: A side trip to Mt. Whitney

So I started out quite late for the mountain. I was tired and in two minds about going. Eventually after seeing Clarke Kent and some of the other guys leave for the climb, and after some motivation from Brian, I started.

I left all my gear behind and only took the essentials. The light pack felt great and I was up ther by 10:30. The views were amazing. I ran into Gnu just before the summit. He was going down. He had hiked ahead of me and Brian from Tuesday and had camped at the ranger station camp ground. I caught up with him again on the way down and we hiked together the rest of the way. We stopped at Guitar lake, another gorgeous alpine lake, where I had a quick swim in the icy water.

I got back to Crabtree meadow by about 5 and made dinner. Brian had hiked on ahead since he didn't want to climb Whitney.

I'm having an early night tonight with the idea of getting up super early so I can be over Forrester Pass before lunch.

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