Mt. Whitney Portal Store & Hostel Forums General Mt. Whitney Portal Store Message Board Overnite at the Notch 6-22-12

Spent Thursday night at portal went down to get a MR walk in permit at 8am at Inyo office they had 2 left..Nice day for a walk up the MR with a breeze off and on, got to the notch at 5pm dropped a few things off and went up the 400 took me 30min.to the top of notch starting on left side and hanging on right side rest of the way up.On summit at 6pm and 40deg very nice up there, came down far left side though the blocks then down the chute..

Had a nice dinner of chicken noodle soup and bread, and watched a beauty of a sunset.Then as the sun set the wind came up and blew all night shakeing my Uber Bivy for yea all night got maybe 3hrs sleep with 2 mild sleeping pills..Laying on my back my head would roll back and forth with the bivy so I would lay on my side and it helped..Got up at 10pm and 1:30am and the night sky full of stars it was awesome(better than Torrance)..

In the early morning hrs I checked the temps of outside 26deg. inside my bivy 39deg. and inside my 32deg bag was 63deg.

When I left this morning(saturday)it was 24, met 2 climbers about to do the East Buttress and thay said it was 30 at iceberg lake..

Another fun filled couple days at whitney..

Doug Jr thanks for that always great BLT sandwich for lunch..

mark

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MR Notch







Sunset




Tea for one


Heading Down

Mark, looks like a great trip. Sounds like you needed a bigger wind break.

Great photos

Nice Mark!! Sounds like a great trip. I love your little perch on the notch - cozy! I don't think I could camp that close to the edge, though… I’ve got a bit of a “heights” thing, and get nervous that close (yah… it’s challenging sometimes).

I know what you mean about the stars – I love getting up at night and looking at them in the clear, crisp mountain air… so beautiful!!

Nice pics Mark! Awesome campsite too!!!

Stacy

You come up with some of the coolist ideas.

Looks like a fun/cold night

Nice job Mark... looks like fun! Well done my friend!!

Mark,
Out of curiosity, how much water do you carry of those types of nights? 1-2 Liters?

Thanks. Great TR/Pics

Thanks all..Had a nice time up there..

Todd I filled up at iceberg my 32oz nalgene,32oz platypus and 50oz camelback for tea,coffee and drinking water...

mark

Reminds me of one of my favorite John Muir quotes:
"You may be a little cold some nights, on the mountain tops above the timber-line, but you will see the stars, and by and by you can sleep enough in your town bed, or at least in your grave." -John Muir

Hey, Mark! Looks like you had a great time. Thanks for sharing the pics from your adventure. Hope to see you on the trails again sometime.