Rick Kent and I climbed Whitney four years in-a-row in December, starting on 12/17/05. I called it the "A December To Remember Climb." Several well-known WPSMB climbers joined at various times for these climbs. I tried to get RK to come along for a "retirement" climb in December 2009, but we'd both had enough by that time.
December, 2005: Day climb of Mt. Whitney.
http://piotrowski.smugmug.com/California...#48905706_UnUaKhttp://www.rickkent.net/ViewerPlus/viewer.aspx?FolderID=452Which brings back memories:
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December 1-2, 2006: A Night On The Summit of Mt. Whitney.
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December 1-2, 2007: Main Trail Overnight.
GigaMike joined us for this one.
http://piotrowski.smugmug.com/California...230160061_KWvFfhttp://www.rickkent.net/ViewerPlus/viewer.aspx?FolderID=661http://digitalalpine.smugmug.com/Picture...429422581_j7Uug=====
We finally pretended to be real mountaineers by doing the Mountaineer's Route on December 6-7, 2008. This was a real fiesta as we had five climbers on this trip (and were joined by a Doc from UT for much of the climb).
http://piotrowski.smugmug.com/California...433178547_CeD62http://www.rickkent.net/ViewerPlus/viewer.aspx?FolderID=763http://digitalalpine.smugmug.com/Picture...433115552_fo3eghttp://www.flickr.com/photos/moosepics621/sets/72157610917836278/Suffice it to say that with the snow that's already fallen, your climb will probably match the difficulty of these...
I did do a real winter ascent of (after Christmas) Whitney with my nephew in 2000. We walked up and down what was mostly dry, though icy in spots, trail.
RK, looking thru some of these albums may bring a smile to your face. We proved that we are some hard men... (insert giggle here)
