Mt Whitney Zone Forums Trip Reports Mt. Whitney Summit or Bust!

Thanks again to all those who have provided answers to my questions for my upcoming trip. If possible, I'll use my Blackberry to provide a quick update otherwise by Sunday night I should be able to post something.

I am leaving tonight about Midnight and hoping to sleep well on the plane. I'll arrive in Ontario at 10 am tomorrow morning. We are going to head to Mammoth and take the tram to the top to hangout some tomorrow. At some point on Thursday, we will leave Mammoth and head to Lone Pine and begin our hike late Thursday night. The goal is once again to be done well before noon on Friday.

I know the schedule and lack of acclimization is not ideal but its the best plan we could come up with. I will also begin taking Diamox this afternoon with 125 mgs twice daily. Other than that I am hoping for as much sleep/rest as possible, I will proactively focus on deep breathing during the hike, I will stay well hydrated including heavy hydration tomorrow all day. We are also well prepared for very cold or windy weather although the forecast looks great.

So that is it. I've changed a few minor factors from the first attempt and hope the outcome is different this time.

Good luck. You'll do great.
We are hoping to start hiking Friday morning at 3:00. Perhaps we'll run into you on the trail at some point.

Oh, forgot to mention. I used Diamox last October when I summited Whitney, and I plan on taking it again. It works!!!

Successful Trip!

I also met JG1975 sometime during the trip.

I'll post more including pictures later.

Glad you two had a good trip! Congratulations.

Yes, we met on the last 2 mile stretch to the summit. I met your dad as well. It was nice to see you after reading your post.

Hi Chicagowright, I see from your pictures and the summit log, that your dad is a Fresnowright. And did he run in that Chicago Marathon 10-10-10?



I hope you will post more about your trip and include some of the pictures.

My trip report is still coming! Sorry it is so late. I made it through the first step of getting the pictures up.

And yes my parents still live in Fresno. And yes my dad and I ran the Chicago Marathon together on 10-10-10. Did you even notice our marathon mylar blankets we used at Lone Pine Lake? It was my dad's first marathon and he did great on a very hot day.

We both agree the Mt. Whitney day hike is much harder than the marathon. I'll have quite a bit to say in my trip report about sleep deprivation. I wouldn't recommend anyone do the hike quite like we did it (and tried to do it the first time). But I'll explain more in my report...