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Mt Whitney has been moved... #17521 08/15/11 02:11 PM
Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 908 Likes: 2 Bishop, CA, USA B Bob West OP
OP Bob West B Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 908 Likes: 2 Bishop, CA, USA	According to our great thinkers in Sacramento, Mt. Whitney is actually in the middle of Yosemite... http://www.sierrawave.net/7806/redistricting-commission/ I always wondered about that odd feeling of physical displacement on the Whitney trail...

Re: Mt Whitney has been moved... Bob West #17565 08/16/11 05:46 PM
Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 8 Ohio K Kokopelli
Kokopelli K Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 8 Ohio	That's pretty funny, and google maps still shows the error today. My September trip just happens to encompass both Yosemite and the Lone Pine area, so I should be able to attempt my assault on the summit of Whitney regardless of where it is.

Re: Mt Whitney has been moved... Kokopelli #17566 08/16/11 05:52 PM
Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,037 Likes: 6 Richmond, Virginia H Harvey Lankford
Harvey Lankford H Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,037 Likes: 6 Richmond, Virginia	Before his time, but maybe that explains the famous guy who climbed the wrong peak instead of Whitney. Who was that? Clarence King?

Re: Mt Whitney has been moved... Harvey Lankford #17568 08/16/11 06:58 PM
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 583 Glendale, CA AlanK
AlanK Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 583 Glendale, CA	Originally Posted By: Harvey Lankford Before his time, but maybe that explains the famous guy who climbed the wrong peak instead of Whitney. Who was that? Clarence King? Google undoubtedly says Martin Luther King.

Re: Mt Whitney has been moved... AlanK #17601 08/17/11 07:16 PM
Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,037 Likes: 6 Richmond, Virginia H Harvey Lankford
Harvey Lankford H Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,037 Likes: 6 Richmond, Virginia	The real deal http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/mountaineering_in_the_sierra_nevada/

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