Mt Whitney Zone Forums General Discussion Do hikers in the same group have to hike together?

Everyone in your group must have been both fast and inconsiderate. 14 hours is not slow, it is about average. Furthermore, you say you would have done it in 13 hours had you not been "cliffed out". Anyway hard to believe that everyone in your group of 10 would abandon the group leader because that person is only going a very respectable 13 hour round trip pace.