CALIFORNIA
Mount Whitney
14,508 feet (NAVD88)
Who - Serious Hikers
What - Height Rank #2
Difficulty Rank #8
DIFFICULTY # Level 1 - Strenuous walk-up (need heavy dose of perseverance)
When - Optimum Time is Summer, but people try it year round
Where - Latitude - 36 deg. 34 min. N
Longitude - 118 deg. 18 min. W
Inyo National Forest, Sequoia National Park in east Central California. 13 mi. West of Lone Pine.
Wikipedia Link - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Whitney
Why - GET INVOLVED WITH APEXCHALLENGE 2019
Less Crowded than National Parks
A compelling Bucket List item
Other things to see in the Vicinity - The numerous Arches in the Alabama Hills, the Film Museum in Lone PiLeave
Always leave the HP better than it was found
For some people:
APEX ACHIEVEMENTS ARE ARDUOUS ADVENTURES
For most people:
SUMMITS ARE SPECIAL SERENE & SERENDIPITOUS SPOTS TO SURVEY SURROUNDINGS
How - Hiking Poles, Moleskin for Blisters, Headlamp, Ice Axe & Crampons (sometimes in spring & early summer)
Comments: I climbed it twice: 2007 - 22 mi. in 22 hours;
9.7.2016 - 3 days with 3 fellow HighPointers (3-4 days is better)
