Mt Whitney Zone Forums Trip Reports day hike Whitney Trail Oct 9th need company, have permits

That 60 % idea seems accurate. When I summited, I was 8 hours and 45 minutes up (525 minutes) and 4 hours and 52 minutes down (312 minutes). So my down time was 59.43 % of my up time! (And I thought I'd smoked it going down, oh well . . . )