[pct-l] Lone Pine to Ashland - Hike Whitney or not?

[Yoshihiro Murakami]

Dear Anthony

Many people put their backpack at the junction of Mt.Whitney and Trail
Crest. In my 2010 summer record, I reached 6:30am at this junction
from Guitar Lake, put my huge backpack, went to Mt. Whitney with a
tiny summit push pack, reached at 8:00 am with slow pace. I returned
to the junction at 9:45. So, It takes around 3 hours to go to and
return from Mt.Whitney. My backpack was safe. No one want to steal any
stuff, because of the thin air. You need to carry only valuables to
the summit.



2012/1/2 Anthony Curnow <thearborant at gmail.com>:
> Hi All,
>
> I've been reading the wise words of wisdom of you all for a few months now,
> as I go about preparing for an adventure spanning from Lone Pine to
> Ashland.
>
> As we (a mate and I) are beginning at the highest points of the trip, we
> thought it would be a good idea to summit Whitney in those first few days.
>
> I'm finding it tricky cross referencing all the information to determine
> how feasible this is...
>
> >From what I gather, it's about 70 odd km from Lone Pine to Independence
> (not including the extra 35km return to Independence itself for resupply).
>
> How far is the Whitney summit off this trail, and is it possible to base
> camp sort of lower, leave the gear while we summit, then head back down to
> the main trail all in under a day?
>
> Any advice would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks all!
> [trail name TBC]
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