Mt Whitney Zone Forums Trip Reports Sunrise, Sunset -- 80 years after Norman Clyde

Friends and I just completed a very fun hike yesterday, Sept 30, 2010. We camped overnight on the Whitney summit, watched the sunrise, then descended and drove to Death Valley to watch the sunset. Sunrise from the highest point and sunset from the lowest point of the contiguous 48 states. It was (almost) the 80th anniversary of a trip Norman Clyde did ...in 1930!

Sunrise on Mt. Whitney -- 6:38 AM        
       
Back: Tom W, Bob R, Bee, Jay, Dave G. Front: Bob H, Steve C, SnowNymph


Sunset at Badwater -- 6:02 PM        
       

Overnight, the temperature dropped to 20 F. Five slept outside. It was windy, so bivy sacks were the best items to have. For SnowNymph, Dave G and myself, the hut was quite cozy! As we drove through Furnace Creek, the car's thermometer reported 106 F. It cooled down to 105 at Badwater.

Pictures are here:   Sunrise Sunset 9-30-2010

I climbed via the MR (Mountaineers Route), and took some videos in the final 400. They're here:  Mountaineers Route, Final 400 chute videos