[pct-l] The foolish things hikers do on Mt. Whitney

[Reinhold Metzger]

AsABat,
That was a foolish thing for you to do....glissading down an ice chute 
on Mt. Whitney using a broom for an ice ax and then hanging on, to dear 
life, by your pack straps.

Did you learn that trick from Ned?

Older and wiser backpackers like Switchback and I don't do those 
things.....we know better.
Those are nice pictures of Whitney and the "The Throne".
I liked the "Throne" better before they heightened the walls....the view 
was just spectacular.
I used to spend hours sitting on the "Throne" admiring the view and 
pretending to be King Arthur, King of the mountain, sitting on my  "Throne".
Say, do you have any pictures of you hanging on to dear life by your 
pack straps?

I remember the night I got caught in the hut, during a white-out, on the 
eve of one of my JMT fast-packs and I could not find my way back to the 
hut after I stepped out of the hut to see if I could make out the trail.
So there I was, in a white-out, in the middle of the night, on top of 
Mt. Whitney, with my tent, sleeping bag, and gear in the hut and I cant 
find the hut.......this could have been disaster.
Well, anyhow, because of my superior wisdom, after criss-crossing the 
summit half a dozen times, I finally found my way back to the 
hut......saved by my superior wisdom.

I also remember another night on top of Mt. Whitney on one of my JMT  
fast-packs, when, what seemed like a minor storm, turned into a violent 
thunder storm causing me to abandon the hut and seek refuge in a cave 
like crevice 100 - 200 feet from the hut .......boy, that thunder was loud.
My reasoning was,  for sure the lightning would strike the metal roof 
and the lightning rods before it would strike me, huddled in the cave.
Again, because of my superior wisdom, I made the right decision and was 
saved again by my superior wisdom.

Yes,....it pays to be older and wiser like Switchback and I.

JMT Reinhold
Your older and wiser trail companion
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I have a picture of the toilet on Whitney from 1978 at
http://www.4jeffrey.net/hike/whitney/mr78/index.htm about two-thirds of
the way down. IIRC it was the same my first time up in 1972. It was
better when the western walls were knocked down, as the view of the
Great Western Divide eliminated the need to read a book on the toilet.

AsABat