SB-<br><br>You are correct! I'm an old "newbie" and I was happy to get the info re: the MULE. Most interesting. But too pricey as usual. <br><br>I climbed Mt. Whitney a few years ago, in just the manner you describe. Spur of the moment decision. Didn't have the proper gear. Did my first ever glissade coming off the mountain. Bad, bad move. I'll write the gory details another time, but suffice it to say that a man died the next week, doing the same thing in the same spot that I glissaded. His wife had to be airlifted out. It was quite the ordeal. Instead, take all those annoying steps that you took up, to get back down. Much safer. Even with new knees.<br><br>Wheeew<br><br><b><i>Hiker97@aol.com</i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII">
<meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3199" name="GENERATOR"><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"> <div> <div><a href="mailto:Tortoise@charter.net">Tortoise</a> writes: Y<font style="background-color: transparent;" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">ou've told us about this before. I'm waiting for you to give it a good field test with say 40 KG of gear -- say hike from Whitney Portal to the top of Mt. Whitney and see how it goes -- that is if you make it at all.</font></div> <div><font style="background-color: transparent;" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">----------------------------------</font></div> <div><font style="background-color: transparent;" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">Switchback replies: Yes, but the new folks on this List probably have not heard about it. We old timers need to keep the youngsters informed. Say, I will not need a M.U.L.E. for Mt. Whitney after my knee surgery Friday. I will
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