[pct-l] Public Notice

[Craig Stanton]

I've read all your previous posts about hiking Whitney with much  
enthusiasm, and assumed you were over exaggerating the effort   
involved but I liked your style. My dad was in America last week and  
I knew he'd be heading into the sierras for some hiking and taking my  
GPS logger with him, but he hadn't said where. When he returned and I  
pulled the track out and onto Google Earth I was shocked to see that  
he'd done Mt. Whitney. He described in in detail and took photos  
along the way that are now geo-coded and show the entire route. I'm  
very proud that my dad did it, the pain was visible in his face in  
the last photo but he did it all, and I now have a much greater  
appreciation of what is involved. So I salute you brave traveller and  
look forward to your post-expedition debrief.

~Craig


On 26/08/2006, at 4:57 AM, Hiker97 at aol.com wrote:

> A massive Mt. Whitney expedition  with oxygen bottle is coming up.
>
> I will be starting up the trail on  Wednesday, September 6 to camp  
> at Out
> Post Camp for acclimation.  Next will  be a Thursday hike up to  
> 12,000 foot Trail
> Camp.
>
> Then a maximum effort Friday to the top for an over night stay to  
> see the
> sunset and the sunrise on Saturday morning.  An orderly retreat  
> will be  made
> Saturday morning to the Mt. Whitney Portal parking lot.
>
> I will check in to the Dow Villa  Motel for R&R and much partying.  Of
> course, dinner will be at the  Merry-Go-Round restaurant Saturday  
> evening to
> celebrate this great  victory.  I might even drive up to Bishop on  
> Saturday afternoon
> to go to  the bakery to bring some stuff home on Sunday morning.
>
> Yes, this has the makings of a  great adventure and copious amounts  
> of fun.
> I will have my latest  backpacking ideas and gear on this expedition.
>
> Thank you for your  attention.
>
> Switchback the Trail  Pirate
> and Soon To Be 4-Time Mt. Whitney  Summiter
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