1. Don't have any numbers. Don't carry more than 2 lbs of food--you won't eat it all. But eat often, at least every hour. Eat more down low--the higher you go, the altitude may wipe out your appetite.
2. Don't carry 3 liters until you leave Trail Camp. Below that, drink at the streams (I dip and drink, no treatment), and carry less than a liter.
3. The only bears are at Whitney Portal. They steal packs from day hikers getting ready to hike--in the early morning hours while it is dark. Leave the bear spray home! You will not see any bears.
4. Bugs in the lower areas, until you get above Mirror Lake.
