just back home after 3 day backpacking... we summitted on 9/28 thanks to ripper/cbc..
1. weather was perfect and as predicted; 2. friday night was really windy at trailcamp, had tough time with tents and sleeping.. somehow the noise and the elevation gave me zero sleep on that day.. 3. there is no water on switchbacks so the trailcamp is the last option 4. no snow/ice on the trail except few patches you see at a distance, a tiny lil patch on the whitney cables but not blocking your way
other than that, the rangers and other hikers are extremely friendly.. there was a dayhiker who was lost for 2 days and started seeing whales in the consultation lake just before getting rescued.. o my my..
overall what a trip it was.. will surely do whitney again. thanks a ton to this forum for keeping us informed all this while.
