Mount Whitney Backpacking Trip

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A few years ago, we climbed Mt Whitney in a day, but this time we decided to camp up at Trail Camp. The first day (Monday), we camped at Whitney Portal and met up with everyone who was going with us. Tuesday is when we actually got started on the trail. We stopped for lunch at Lone Pine Lake and we were visited by a very friendly chipmunk. After lunch we continued up to Trail Camp. We arrived at Trail Camp and set up camp, at dinner and went to bed. The next morning we continued on up to Mt Whitney. I was short of breath because of the elevation, but I made it up fairly quickly. We stayed at the top for about an hour and then headed back. We got back to Trail Camp and prepared for one more night. The next morning we packed up and headed down. We caught up with part of are group that had gone back down to Lone Pine Lake the day before. We got back to Whitney Portal and i enjoyed a good (but expensive) cheeseburger.

(2003 trip)