Climbing Whitney
Summiting Mt. Whitney in a day--4,000 feet up, 6,000 feet down, 18 miles of walking, 29 July 2009.
![[Alpine Start!]](thumb_img_4625.jpg "[Alpine Start!]")
Alpine Start!
Size: 855 × 1282, 46KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 July 2009
![[Milky Way at 2am]](thumb_img_4625_enh.jpg "[Milky Way at 2am]")
Milky Way at 2am
Size: 855 × 1282, 937KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 July 2009
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img_4627.jpg
Size: 1282 × 855, 22KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 July 2009
![[Tree?]](thumb_img_4627_enh.jpg "[Tree?]")
Tree?
Size: 1282 × 855, 1353KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 July 2009
![[Sunrise Ascending the 99 Switchbacks]](thumb_dsc02647.jpg "[Sunrise Ascending the 99 Switchbacks]")
Sunrise Ascending the 99 Switchbacks
Size: 1140 × 855, 438KiB
Photographer: Derrick Usher
Date: 29 July 2009
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dsc02648.jpg
Size: 1140 × 855, 360KiB
Photographer: Derrick Usher
Date: 29 July 2009
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img_4628.jpg
Size: 1282 × 855, 105KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 July 2009
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img_4629.jpg
Size: 1282 × 855, 104KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 July 2009
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img_4630.jpg
Size: 1282 × 855, 110KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 July 2009
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img_4632.jpg
Size: 1282 × 855, 469KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 July 2009
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img_4633.jpg
Size: 1282 × 855, 446KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 July 2009
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img_4635.jpg
Size: 1282 × 855, 627KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 July 2009
![[]](thumb_img_4636.jpg "[]")
img_4636.jpg
Size: 1282 × 855, 93KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 July 2009
![[Trail Camp, Mt. Whitney]](thumb_img_4637.jpg "[Trail Camp, Mt. Whitney]")
Trail Camp, Mt. Whitney
Size: 1282 × 855, 634KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 July 2009
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img_4638.jpg
Size: 1282 × 855, 412KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 July 2009
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dsc02650.jpg
Size: 1140 × 855, 477KiB
Photographer: Derrick Usher
Date: 29 July 2009
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img_4640.jpg
Size: 1282 × 855, 740KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 July 2009
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img_4642.jpg
Size: 1282 × 855, 279KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 July 2009
![[]](thumb_img_4643.jpg "[]")
img_4643.jpg
Size: 1282 × 855, 203KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 July 2009
![[]](thumb_img_4644.jpg "[]")
img_4644.jpg
Size: 1282 × 855, 289KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 July 2009
![[]](thumb_img_4645.jpg "[]")
img_4645.jpg
Size: 1282 × 855, 316KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 July 2009
![[]](thumb_dsc02651.jpg "[]")
dsc02651.jpg
Size: 1140 × 855, 503KiB
Photographer: Derrick Usher
Date: 29 July 2009
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dsc02652.jpg
Size: 1140 × 855, 407KiB
Photographer: Derrick Usher
Date: 29 July 2009
![[]](thumb_dsc02653.jpg "[]")
dsc02653.jpg
Size: 1140 × 855, 551KiB
Photographer: Derrick Usher
Date: 29 July 2009
![[Whitney Trail Crest, Park Change]](thumb_img_4646.jpg "[Whitney Trail Crest, Park Change]")
Whitney Trail Crest, Park Change
Size: 1282 × 855, 706KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 July 2009
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dsc02654.jpg
Size: 1140 × 855, 638KiB
Photographer: Derrick Usher
Date: 29 July 2009
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dsc02655.jpg
Size: 1140 × 855, 491KiB
Photographer: Derrick Usher
Date: 29 July 2009
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dsc02656.jpg
Size: 1140 × 855, 479KiB
Photographer: Derrick Usher
Date: 29 July 2009
![[Morning Whirlaround, Whitney Trail Crest]](thumb_4647-4661.jpg "[Morning Whirlaround, Whitney Trail Crest]")
Morning Whirlaround, Whitney Trail Crest
Size: 14652 × 855, 2360KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date:
![[]](thumb_dsc02657.jpg "[]")
dsc02657.jpg
Size: 1140 × 855, 423KiB
Photographer: Derrick Usher
Date: 29 July 2009
![[Downward Whirlaround, Whitney Trail Crest]](thumb_4662-4677.jpg "[Downward Whirlaround, Whitney Trail Crest]")
Downward Whirlaround, Whitney Trail Crest
Size: 11165 × 855, 4035KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date:
![[]](thumb_img_4678.jpg "[]")
img_4678.jpg
Size: 1282 × 855, 525KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 July 2009
![[]](thumb_img_4679.jpg "[]")
img_4679.jpg
Size: 1282 × 855, 609KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 July 2009
![[Intersection with John Muir Trail]](thumb_dsc02660.jpg "[Intersection with John Muir Trail]")
Intersection with John Muir Trail
Size: 1140 × 855, 664KiB
Photographer: Derrick Usher
Date: 29 July 2009
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img_4680.jpg
Size: 1282 × 855, 236KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 July 2009
![[]](thumb_img_4681.jpg "[]")
img_4681.jpg
Size: 855 × 1282, 597KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 July 2009
![[Southwest From the Trail Crest]](thumb_4682-4687.jpg "[Southwest From the Trail Crest]")
Southwest From the Trail Crest
Size: 1875 × 855, 496KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date:
![[Keep On Climbing...]](thumb_img_4688.jpg "[Keep On Climbing...]")
Keep On Climbing...
Size: 1282 × 855, 478KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 July 2009
![[]](thumb_dsc02661.jpg "[]")
dsc02661.jpg
Size: 1140 × 855, 416KiB
Photographer: Derrick Usher
Date: 29 July 2009
![[]](thumb_dsc02662.jpg "[]")
dsc02662.jpg
Size: 1140 × 855, 505KiB
Photographer: Derrick Usher
Date: 29 July 2009
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dsc02663.jpg
Size: 1140 × 855, 414KiB
Photographer: Derrick Usher
Date: 29 July 2009
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dsc02664.jpg
Size: 1140 × 855, 419KiB
Photographer: Derrick Usher
Date: 29 July 2009
![[West Downslope, Mt. Whitney]](thumb_2665-2666.jpg "[West Downslope, Mt. Whitney]")
West Downslope, Mt. Whitney
Size: 1655 × 855, 585KiB
Photographer: Derrick Usher
Date:
![[]](thumb_img_4689.jpg "[]")
img_4689.jpg
Size: 1282 × 855, 536KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 July 2009
![[Yes, We Have to Go Up There]](thumb_dsc02667.jpg "[Yes, We Have to Go Up There]")
Yes, We Have to Go Up There
Size: 1140 × 855, 459KiB
Photographer: Derrick Usher
Date: 29 July 2009
![[]](thumb_dsc02668.jpg "[]")
dsc02668.jpg
Size: 1140 × 855, 385KiB
Photographer: Derrick Usher
Date: 29 July 2009
![[]](thumb_img_4690.jpg "[]")
img_4690.jpg
Size: 1282 × 855, 655KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 July 2009
![[]](thumb_img_4691.jpg "[]")
img_4691.jpg
Size: 1282 × 855, 597KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 July 2009
![[]](thumb_dsc02669.jpg "[]")
dsc02669.jpg
Size: 1140 × 855, 542KiB
Photographer: Derrick Usher
Date: 29 July 2009
![[]](thumb_dsc02670.jpg "[]")
dsc02670.jpg
Size: 1140 × 855, 482KiB
Photographer: Derrick Usher
Date: 29 July 2009
![[]](thumb_dsc02671.jpg "[]")
dsc02671.jpg
Size: 1140 × 855, 606KiB
Photographer: Derrick Usher
Date: 29 July 2009
![[]](thumb_img_4692.jpg "[]")
img_4692.jpg
Size: 855 × 1282, 616KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 July 2009
![[]](thumb_dsc02672.jpg "[]")
dsc02672.jpg
Size: 1140 × 855, 521KiB
Photographer: Derrick Usher
Date: 29 July 2009
![[]](thumb_dsc02673.jpg "[]")
dsc02673.jpg
Size: 1140 × 855, 663KiB
Photographer: Derrick Usher
Date: 29 July 2009
![[Eastward Down Mt. Whitney]](thumb_2674-2675.jpg "[Eastward Down Mt. Whitney]")
Eastward Down Mt. Whitney
Size: 855 × 1004, 413KiB
Photographer: Derrick Usher
Date:
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