Thank you Steve. This is exactly the sort of encouragement I needed. Being on the east side of Mississippi I don't get many chances to hike at higher altitudes but I've been practicing about 25 miles/day hikes in TN mountains with 25 lb on my back. So far I'm doing that easily. But MW could be a whole new experience. I'm planning to be there in Lone Pine 2 days before the hike and get myself acclimatized with warm up hikes.
I hope I win the lottery and I hope I could do it.
Thanks again for your kind words.
AJ
