Hey all.

Thanks everybody for this whole forum and all the contributions.

I'm doing Whitney for the first time 7/19 - 7/20. Coming up pretty soon. I was assuming by mid July it would be smooth sailing but clearly that's not the case this year! I thought my main worry would be altitude sickness and dealing with the WAG bag.

I'll be solo. I'm a strong hiker, in good shape, but I'm newish -- my experience is peak bagging LA area for the last three years where I rarely hit snow. Still I'm pretty determined to summit if the opportunity presents.

Any thoughts as to crampons or microspikes? Keep in mind I'm trained with neither.

Anything you can add is appreciated.

Last edited by Captain_Corduroy; 07/04/17 06:27 PM.