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Mount Whitney, Mountaineers Route, May 6-8 2002

This is a trip report about climbing the Mountaineers Route on Mount Whitney. All images were taken with an Olympus C2000z 2.1 megapixel digital camera. A climb in early May on Mount Whitney is considered a late winter or early spring activity because there is still plenty of snow. I hired a guide for this climb as it is a technical route and I couldn't convince anyone else to go. This is an awesome route in May because there is no one else around. A true back country experience in the splendor of the Sierra Mountains. I also really enjoyed the drive to the Whitney Portal from Anaheim, and then down to Los Angeles. This is a truly hidden part of the country for most of us. I lived in CA for three years and never saw these areas.

Mount Whitney from Portal road	Whitney Portal Parking Lot	The Ledges
The Ledges	Creek Crossing	Lower Boyscout Lake
Camp at Upper Boyscout Lake	Hiking to Iceberg Lake	Mount Whitney, The Chute
Top of the Chute	Looking West from the Notch	The Notch
The Last Pitch	The Summit!	The Summit Hut
Sunset on Mount Whitney	Mount Whitney From Lone Pine