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Day 48 (Tape)
Dylan: This is the evening of June 2nd. And we are now spreading our sleeping bags in a much different environment from last night. Ah, well, Pete what would you say is different about this spot as compared with last night? Pete: There’s no snow on the ground, first of all. (laugh) The stars aren’t…
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Day 48
Our navigational mantra becomes “Trail Schmail”. The more we try to stick to our imaginings of where the trail might be under the snow, the harder the going gets. So we give up and just go where we’re going. Trail Schmail. Going up Kearsarge Pass Pete has a conversation with a nearby coyote. They both…
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Day 47 (Tape)
Okay it’s Saturday morning and our first task… the sun is still behind Mt Whitney, the fields are covered with frost, and our first task of the day is to, Oh God, (painful laugh) walk barefoot across a freezing cold Whitney Creek. Pete: And here’s how cold it is: Oh Jesus! (Screams shrieks and moans)…
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Day 46 (Tape)
We’re on Mt. Whitney, after a successful summit, on our way down. (laugh) Pete just self-arrested glacading down a snow field!! Pete: woohoo! Me: all right pete, first self arrest! Pete: Was it stylin? Me: it was, it looked almost reflexive! Pete: I was ready for it. Me: and I recorded it, I was going…
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Day 45
We are in real mountains! We encounter real snow, but not enough yet to get us real lost. The exitement is building for our planned summit of Whitney tomorrow. We have no permit to make the popular climb, but hope to sneak past the ranger station unnoticed in the morning. At Crabtree Meadows we camp…