Here's a 28-minute video from a glider trip May 12. This pilot (Jonathan / NMERider) launched at Walt's Point on the Horseshoe Meadows road, and he worked his way north, with a number of views of Mt Whitney.
He only made it a little above 13,000 ft, and was always on the east side of the crest. He had several on-board cameras, along with sound, and he gives some narrative along the way. He landed in the pasture on the north side of Whitney Portal Road, just two blocks from Main Street / 395. (satellite view/map here)
The fisheye lens on one of the cameras makes identifying some of the peaks difficult, but he gets some good shots of Mt Whitney, Upper Boy Scout Lake, Mt Russel and Mt Williamson.
Some views: 7:16 Langley, Corcoran, LeConte (these often between 5:00 and 12:00) 12:50 Crossing the ridge sw of Lone Pine Pk 13:15 Meysan Lk (frozen) 13:49 good view of Mt Whitney 14:28 Lone Pine Lk 15:30 Lone Pine lk, Outpost camp, Mirror Lk, Consultation Lk, Mt Whitney 16:16 Upper Boy Scout Lk, and Girl Scout Lk Somewhere between 17 and 21 minutes is the Gambler's Special area.
Best watched on full-screen. Here's the Youtube link.
