It's funny, Bill - before attempting Whitney the first time in '09, I downloaded and printed all the detail from your website (that and Fred's orientation notes here are, I think, the two best information sources for a Whitney first-timer). Of course, I glossed over all the precautionary AMS stuff. I don't get AMS, so why worry . . .?
That day I was dying at Trail Camp . . . and felt almost fully recovered by Outpost Camp (3-plus hours later - without AMS it takes me maybe 30 minutes). Apparently not though - I walked into the Portal Store, grabbed a beer and went to the counter to pay. Doug took one look at me and said, "That one's on the house."
