Thank you. I checked out Zoe's post. Her reports are so helpful. It's encouraging to know that she did the trip so well. We have a 16 y.o son and a 20 y.o daughter going with us. This will our first big backpacking trip. We did a day hike from Lone pine to Whitney, which wasn't so enjoyable due to extreme fatigue!! Hope to bring back some cool pictures and good report back to you all. Five more days of work and off we go!!