Abhijit:
I been scanning thru your fantastic photo journal. Those photos are incredible and you are blessed with such a clear day thru thru!
The flowers you captured are called "skypilots". The whole west and east side of Whitney this year had lots of skypilot blooms all over the rocks,a lot more than I ever saw! If you pause for a moment you can smell the delicate fragrance of these rare flowers! Really you are truly blessed for such an extraordinary experience!
My unasked advice would be keep such one goal per year and train thru the year for that one! You dont need any meds! Thats exactly what I been doing for the past 22 years and never looked back! At my exalted retired age (keeping my fingers crossed), I dont take any meds except some advil for those long days of hike!
Best Wishes and Good Luck in your future hikes! Now I am sure I saw you at WP last Monday!
Krishna
