Posted 6/27/14
We stood on top of the tallest mountain in the U.S. (excluding anything in Alaska) at 14,505 feet!!!! Mount Whitney is so awesome!!!
We camped just below Mount Whitney at a high alpine lake, Guitar Lake. We decided to wake up at 4am in order to watch the sunrise as we were climbing and also to beat the crowds. As we started our climb, Mike was feeling pretty tired and nauseous. I thought the altitude must've been getting to him so we stopped and he drank a lot of water while I tried to capture pictures of the sunrise.
We climbed 3,500 feet up from camp to get to the summit around 8am. When we arrived at the summit nobody else was there. We knew some other PCT hikers were sleeping in the hut at the summit but we felt like we were totally alone. Eventually a couple from Russia came to join us on the summit. After taking some summit photos we decided to head back down because we still had another 15 miles to hike before sundown! See if you can spot me in this picture...
It was our biggest mileage day yet! We did a total of 20.1 miles with approximately 4,500 feet of elevation gain. Our feet hurt and we're exhausted but gee whiz what a phenomenal day!!!
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