Monday at guitar started light rain at noon, hard rain sleet, hail, lightning, wind from 6pm to midnight,next day Tuesday sept 12 with headlamp start rewarded hikers with some icy rocks above 13,000. On way down we saw helo with litter basket up high, no story yet

Steve, sorry you could not join us through Miter through to Whitney , one ice area we had t detour an hour as microspikes we had were not enough at least in early am. Coming down Crabtree Pass itself dry

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