[pct-l] Mt. Whitney By Night

[calliger@infolane.com (Richard Calliger)]

I have done a night ascent of Whitney-- oh I think about 3-4 times now..one
word of advice, and only one (for a change) and please excuse me
if u have already thought of this...but pick a full moon
to do it ..the etheral nature of Whitney by Full Moon is
indescribable...especially if you are with a significant
other! :-) The tantalizing reflections and shadows are
stupendous...we did sleep on top to "cap" off a monumental
trip. (There are many shelters of stone on top). However
make sure it is a cloudless storm free evening as the
escape down is slow if a storm should blow in...we did it
last in mid July before the southern storm track developed
so prevalant in Aug...


Rich



At 10:04 AM 6/29/02 EDT, Hiker97@aol.com wrote:
>I am planning a night accent by trail and sunrise on top of Mt. Whitney in 
>September.  Hope to make it an annual affair.  Does anyone have any advise 
>going up at night?  I know the trail very well and have gone over Trail Pass 
>the last two years from Guitar Lake.  Thanks, Switchback
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