Getting High in California

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This morning at 7:30 Steve and I crammed all our mountaineering into the rental car and headed over to the Lone Star Bistro for some much ...

In Death Valley. -- $5.48 for regular!! Sent from RainOn Adventure Tech

For final day on the mountain (Tuesday), our luck with the weather held and at 9am we headed down from high camp. Since SMI runs back to ba...

Wow! Did we score with the weather! Last two trips in a row were turned around. And we missed the wind storm that really hit high camp by ...

On the top of the lower 48 states!!! Excellent day - perfect conditions. Great crew and great guides. Feels good to be so high in Californi...

After an epic wind storm last night, we woke to a beautiful day - warm and no wind and not a cloud in the sky. But back to the wind storm...

Today was cool!! After hitting the road up Whitney Portal, we parked the cars where the road was closed for the season and shuttled packs a...

Lots of stuff!  That's my stuff in the foreground.  Note the extra large pee bottle (marked with RED (do not drink) duct tape). Sent ...

All of the climbers are present and waiting for the guides to show up any second. Breakfast at the Mt. Whitney Restaurant. After breakfa...

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A...

Right on time. Rental car and 4 hour drive to Lone Pine, CA next. Sent from RainOn Adventure Tech

At the gate, ready to fly. Made it through bag check and security. But not before carefully juggling 4.8 pounds out of my duffle into my ...

Flight on time to Las Vegas at 9:55am. Thanks for the lift Stuart! Sent from my phone

The packing is done.  The checklist has been checked.  Headed to the airport at 8:00am for my flight to Las Vegas.  Then a bit of a drive ac...

From: George Dunn Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 12:24 PM To: Kurt Hunter; etc. Subject: RE: IMG Mt. Whitney Climb, 4/2-5, 2011 Dear...

Refined over many expeditions since Denali in 2008, I will be carrying the latest RainOn Adventure Tech field kit on Mt. Whitney.  RainOn Ad...

 The last pitch before the summit. (Photo by Trent Carey) 

IMG Blog - Whitney related posts Getting really excited about my turn starting one week from today!!

Getting really close now. Discussed increasing carbo intake starting three days before departure to build up some fuel reserves. Completed...

Wow! Where did all the training time go? In just 31 days, I'll be climbin' again. Nice. I can't wait to stand on the highest...

Hotel, rental car, and flights are now set! Focus on the training.

APR 01 : Fly from Seattle to Las Vegas, car poll with other climbers or rent a sweet ride (perhaps the Cadilac of mini-vans?), drive to Long...

I've signed up with International Mountain Guides to climb Mt. Whitney via the Mountaineer's Route . Mt. Whitney is the highest ...