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Published: July 28th 2008
My brother had this crazy idea about a year and a half ago. Lets go climb Mt. Whitney! Having not a clue what was involved with this kind of venture, we started doing research. Well, as luck would have it, actually "climbing" Mt. Whitney is more like a hike than a climb. No ropes & harnesses (good, because neither of us had any real exposure to climbing in the true sense of the word), but the ...
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Meredith Elliott
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Good job!
Wow! What an adventure! It sounded like such a difficult hike to take on, but you did it. Great pictures, too. I think my quads cramped up just looking at the photos of the switchbacks--oh my stars, that looked like hell! Those alpine pictures are stunning. And the marmot!! How cool is that!?! I wonder what it was doing at the summit....seems weird. While Half Dome is not as daunting, Mark and I will be hiking that in September, so your story and pictures make me want to do Half Dome even sooner. Great job, bros!! :) Love, Meri