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on Postholer.com on June 20:
We are in Independence. We have been out 7 days. It is great to have a rest day. Hiked from Kennedy Meadow to Kearsage Pass.... We had a great hike so far and on the last stretch we climbed Mt. Whitney highest mountain in the contiguous US at over 14,000 feet outstanding. I think it is best to do it from the PCT, no limit on number of hikers, camping above 10,000 several nights in advance, 15 miles round trip, having hiked over 700 miles already, etc. Anyway we were looking pretty good passing these young athletic men who were really hurting, and we were doing it in our Brooks tennis shoes (trail runners) with microspikes for traction on the early snow. Then the next day we went on to go over Forrester Pass which is 13,000 plus highest point on the Pacific Crest Trail.
