Well, at least you got to experience the Whitney norm - heading for the summit on very little sleep! I'm guessing you probably didn't make up for it at 14.5K' the next night either.
You definitely had a killer entourage for your first summit. How cool is that? I knew summitting Whitney was a goal of yours, but was trying to recall if this was your first time up the mountain? John (catpappy) mentioned that he had met you during a group hike, last year I believe, but something is telling me that you had not seriously attempted Whitney before. Is that right?
Regardless, the first one is in the books, and a memorable one it was!
