[pct-l] All Those Annoying Steps

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I can only imagine going up from W.P. AND coming down the same day.  I  
*suppose* I could do it, but "tedious" would only begin to describe my  
probable reaction.  I did climb it (for the first time) this last summer,  
but did the approach from the west, via the HST, and it seemed to take  
half the time going up as it did going down.  Sheesh.

And by my count, the famous switchbacks are 100 in number.  Not 97.  Just  
to start a troll.


On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:22:21 -0800, g l <gailpl2003 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> ...
>
> I climbed Mt. Whitney a few years ago, in just the manner you describe.   
> Spur of the moment decision.  Didn't have the proper gear.  Did my first  
> ever glissade coming off the mountain.  Bad, bad move.  I'll write the  
> gory details another time, but suffice it to say that a man died the  
> next week, doing the same thing in the same spot that I glissaded.  His  
> wife had to be airlifted out.  It was quite the ordeal.  Instead, take  
> all those annoying steps that you took up, to get back down.  Much  
> safer.  Even with new knees.
>
> Wheeew
>
> Hiker97 at aol.com wrote:      ...
> Say, I will not need a M.U.L.E. for Mt. Whitney after my knee surgery   
> Friday.  I will probably just do a day hike up and back with a small   
> daypack.  No problem at all.  ...



-- 
Jeffrey "57" Zimmerman
Sonoma County
The Left Coast