Mount Whitney Trip - June 13-15, 2003

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Sun 2:23 pm - Mount Whitney Trail Fri 9:13 am - Ready to head up the Whitney Trail Fri 9:53 am - crossing the creek Fri 11:58 am - Clark's Nutcracker Fri 12:21 pm - crossing the ten logs Fri 12:31 pm - in the Whitney Zone the air is very thin
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Fri 12:52 pm - Lone Pine Lake Fri 2:47 pm - Outpost Camp Fri 2:49 pm - Waterfall at south end of Outpost Camp Fri 3:09 pm - Outpost Camp Fri 3:24 pm - crossing the stream above Outpost Camp Fri 3:32 - Mirror Lake
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Fri 4:32 pm - View from ridge above Mirror Lake - great fishing Fri 5:36 pm - first view of Consultation Lake, still frozen Fri 6:14 pm - crossing the snow fields just below Trail Camp Fri 6:16 pm - the sun goes over the needles as we arrive Fri 7:42 pm - Cooking dinner at Trail Camp Sat 5:25 am - Sunrise at Trail Camp - summit day
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Sat 7:55 am - on the 99 Switchbacks Sat 4:05 pm - part of the 99 switchbacks Sat 4:05 pm - part of the 99 switchbacks marked in green Sat 8:09 am - cables aren't up yet and snow covers the trail Sat 8:44 am - looking down Switchbacks with Trail Camp below Sat 3:26 pm - someone climbing up the snow chute to Trail Crest