Hello!
I've just joined and have a few questions about Mt. Whitney. Previous posts have been so helpful. I am going with a friend at the end of July on a weekday (overnight trip)and it will be our first time. I have a couple of questions I was hoping I could get some advice on:
- We want to rent a bear canister at the portal store: are there usually enough to rent to hikers where we can count on one being available for us? And would both my friend and I each need one, or would we share one?
- Is a down or synthetic sleeping bag better for July? We have most of our gear but not this or the tent yet.
- Is it better to share a tent if it is just two of us, or better to each have our own 1-person tents?
- and lastly, we were thinking of not bringing a stove and to only eat foods we wont have to cook or use boiling water for - any thoughts on if this is or isn't a good idea?
Any help/advice is appreciated - thank you!
