Winter Apenglow
The other day Robert said he wanted to do Whitney again. But at 14,505' (4,421 m) not sure that will happen. In any case, it had me going back to this road trip we did in January, 2011. We actually climbed it in Sept, 2003. The first day we backpacked up to 12K' and then climbed to the summit the next morning. I'll never forget that day. We got up just before dawn and could see the lights of others who were already on their way to the Crest. As we scurried about getting ready to join them, the eastern sun suddenly lit up the mountain like this, and everyone there (including ourselves) just stopped in their tracks to watch the glory of it all.
Winter Apenglow
The other day Robert said he wanted to do Whitney again. But at 14,505' (4,421 m) not sure that will happen. In any case, it had me going back to this road trip we did in January, 2011. We actually climbed it in Sept, 2003. The first day we backpacked up to 12K' and then climbed to the summit the next morning. I'll never forget that day. We got up just before dawn and could see the lights of others who were already on their way to the Crest. As we scurried about getting ready to join them, the eastern sun suddenly lit up the mountain like this, and everyone there (including ourselves) just stopped in their tracks to watch the glory of it all.