Ok, found Rick Kent's route picture:
In the album titled:
Carillon (3x), Russell (4x), Whitney (6x), Keeler (1x), Muir (3x) 6/18/2005
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Caption: The North Face of Mount Whitney (as seen from Mount Russell's south slope) The red line was my approximate path up
the North Face. This route seemed optimal though it was still very strenuous. The red box is the region where the Whitney Notch is located.
Is that Whitney-Russell Saddle on the left? I did something like that many years ago when I was young and
immortal didn't know better. I had no ice axe and the MR chute was full of snow. So I crossed the saddle and headed up a chute, moving right to the next chute each time it got too steep (as described in the Climber's Guide at the time). I did this with a huge external frame pack (Kelty Sonora), almost crawling at times. It was worth it. I took the trail down.
