In Lone Pine Packing For our Whitney Summit Bid

Today we headed out to Lone Pine a day early. We plan to camp at the Portal tonight and enjoy the beautiful weather before we make our Saturday Trek up to Base Camp. here is a few shots of us getting our gear together, checking our lists to make sure we have everything and getting organized while waiting for our Favorite Lone Pine Mountaineering shop to open!

                                                             Gear Ready to go 6am!                                                    

               

                                                     Gear List so we don't forget anything!

                                                   Famous Denny's Egg Oatmeal Combo!

                                                          Organizing Gear In Lone Pine!

                                                         Gear Gear and More Gear!!

                                             Today's Whitney Photo from the Ranger Station

In the next few days we will re post our gear photo and go through it piece by piece so you can see what we carry on a quick weekend at Whitney!!!

Mt Whitney Prep

   Sitting here on a Sunday afternoon taking the day off to get my gear cleaned up and organized for the Whitney Summit Assault this coming Saturday, Oct 29th. We head up Thursday night for a quick Hotel stay  in Lone Pine. Start off with a big breakfast Friday morning and head to the Ranger Station to grab our permit. With some time to kill we head over to my favorite store Elevations for any last minute gear...
Just before heading up to the portal we'll swing by the grocery store across from Elevations, then its off to Camp 1 Friday night at the Portal, Elev. 8,365.  8am start Saturday at the Portal heading up to Camp 2, Trail Camp approx. Elev. 12,000.. we will then set up camp and prepare for the Summit attempt early Sunday Morning... Elev. 14,502.. Cant wait to see that view again..

   Today was spent organizing gear and deciding how to keep my pack around 40lbs total. First idea was to not take the ULTRA HEAVY North Face Mountain 25 and use the North Face Assault 2 which weighs in at less than 5lbs..

 

Took the Assault 2 to the park just to see how small and how quick this can be set up. The Assault 2 is a truly amazing two man expedition tent. Super strong single wall design made for the high elevation with snow and wind! Perfect for a quick Whitney summit..

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