I appreciate your help in preparation but I always get the same feeling from a lot of posting on here regarding first timers. Is anyone really ready for Whitney? The conditions change so fast and no one really knows how they will feel when they get that high up until their there. My hiking partner posted a question on the whitney portal message board and people left horrible stories of people dying from glissading. The stories really were not useful because it dealt with a person without an ice ax who was glissading in October when the snow level was minimal. Now she has bailed out.
If I had a choice about time of year to climb whitney I would choose no snow. Since I only have a permit for 6/18 that is my only chance to try it out. All the things I learn that first time will help me in future trips. I've read all the trip note, do's and don't, etc. However I still don't know what I'm in for until that day.
I really was just looking for notes on recent San G trips or other mountains that are good training grounds to prep.
Still looking for a hiking partner.
