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MOUNT WHITNEY


Pictures from the solo ascent of Mount Whitney (CA), August 8, 2000 (Mountaineer's Route)
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1. The Ebersbacher Ledges

2. Lone Pine and Whitney Portal below. 


3. A bird.

4. Lower Boy Scout Lake.

5. First view of Whitney from Lower Boy Scout Lake.

6. Whitney from Lower Boy Scout Lake

7. A bird 

8. Climbing to Upper Boy Scout Lake

9. Lower Boy Scout Lake 

10. Upper Boy Scout Lake and Mount Russell

11. Mount Carillon

12. Sunset behind Whitney

13. Camp

14. Sunrise on Mount Whitney


15. Sunrise on Mount Whitney

16. Camp between Upper Boy Scout and Iceberg Lakes

17. Upper Boy Scout Lake


18. The Summit of Mount Carillon

19. The Russell-Carillon Saddle

20. Mount Russell from Iceberg Lake 

21. Whitney and the Mountaineer's Route

22. The Needles and Mount Muir in the background.

23. Self-portrait at Iceberg Lake


24. Mount Carillon from the Mountaineer's Route.


25. Climbing the Mountaineer's Route, 9:30 AM.

26. Approaching the notch.

27. On the Summit, around noon.

28. Posing in front of Carillon and Russel
(Tulainyo lake behind)

29. Looking South: Keeler Needle, Mount McAdie 
and Mount Langley from the Summit

30. Looking Southwest to the Great Western Divide

31. Posing in front of Mount Langley.

32. Nice day up there.

33. Iceberg Lake from the summit 

34. Mount Russel and Mount Williamson from the summit.
In the background: Mount Tyndall and White Mountain (key)

35. More birds. Quite friendly.

36. Looking West: The Kaweah Group: Mount Kaweah, 
Second Kaweah, Red Kaweah and Black Kaweah.

37. The summit shelter 

38. Looking down on the upper portion of 
the Mountaineer's Route

39. Looking down some more.

40. 2 PM - People ascending the Mountaineer's Route

41. Clyde Meadows.

42. Lower Boy Scout Lake.

43. Back to the Whitney Trail.

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