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Mt. Whitney in the press #24173 05/20/12 09:36 PM
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 579 Likes: 3 Sunnyvale, California John Sims OP
OP John Sims Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 579 Likes: 3 Sunnyvale, California	83-year-old ex-Marine to scale Mount Whitney in campaign against Feinstein. Taken from the Mercury News (http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_20656919/83-year-old-ex-marine-scale-mt-whitney?source=rss) Wonder if he will give us a trip report. Perhaps comment on the condition of the switch backs:-) Hummm, probably not. I don not see him on the calendar.

Re: Mt. Whitney in the press John Sims #24174 05/20/12 10:01 PM
Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 511 CA T tdtz
tdtz T Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 511 CA	well, if they listed the date he was going up I might actually try to join him.

Re: Mt. Whitney in the press tdtz #24176 05/20/12 10:18 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	age 83 kinda like golf -can you shoot your age? or can you climb your age in switchbacks?

Re: Mt. Whitney in the press John Sims #24181 05/21/12 04:09 AM
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 13 South Carolina, USA Dave
Dave Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 13 South Carolina, USA	With all due respect to the author, and this coming from a 22 year retired Marine.....there is NO such thing as an "ex Marine"......Semper Fi. Last edited by Dave; 05/21/12 04:11 AM.

Re: Mt. Whitney in the press Dave #24184 05/21/12 08:12 AM
Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 849 Likes: 4 Sheridan, OR + @ti2d
+ @ti2d Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 849 Likes: 4 Sheridan, OR	Roger that! Semper fi... Journey well...

Re: Mt. Whitney in the press tdtz #24185 05/21/12 09:58 AM
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 579 Likes: 3 Sunnyvale, California John Sims OP
OP John Sims Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 579 Likes: 3 Sunnyvale, California	Originally Posted By: tdtz well, if they listed the date he was going up I might actually try to join him. From the article I believe they will go to Outpost camp Tuesday (tomorrow), and head for the top on Wed.

Re: Mt. Whitney in the press John Sims #24193 05/21/12 12:10 PM
Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 511 CA T tdtz
tdtz T Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 511 CA	damn, if it was Thursday, I'd go. Booked on wednesday so can't go up.

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