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Re: Whitney Basin Traverse - 13 Peak Dayhike Rick Kent #91498 07/12/12 03:59 PM
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CatB Member Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 69 modjeska	Holy Cow!!! Who are you people that can do this? & what were you fueled on?..... -cat b.

Re: Whitney Basin Traverse - 13 Peak Dayhike CatB #91499 07/12/12 04:37 PM
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 587 Bakersfield, CA Rick Kent Member
Rick Kent Member Joined: May 2003 Posts: 587 Bakersfield, CA	3 1/2 peanuts and a couple sips of water. Ok ... maybe 4 peanuts.

Re: Whitney Basin Traverse - 13 Peak Dayhike Rick Kent #91504 07/12/12 06:40 PM
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Richard P. Member Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 5,435 Likes: 9 Ridgecrest, CA	So, I was wondering how I missed seeing you on Sunday morning... tan pants and blue parka on the ground at left... I was asleep! This must have been the same time that those crazy people from AZ were trying to claim Whitney as their's. Photos: http://piotrowski.smugmug.com SpotCasting: https://maps.findmespot.com/s/9DDZ#history/assets

Re: Whitney Basin Traverse - 13 Peak Dayhike Rick Kent #91505 07/12/12 06:47 PM
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Kimba Member Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 3 Ventura, Ca	Well, we thought we saw light(s) along the saddle between Mallory and LeConte from our camp at Grass Lake that same evening...guess our eyes weren't playing tricks on us after all!! Congrats!!

Re: Whitney Basin Traverse - 13 Peak Dayhike Kimba #91506 07/12/12 07:00 PM
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 587 Bakersfield, CA Rick Kent Member
Rick Kent Member Joined: May 2003 Posts: 587 Bakersfield, CA	Haha Richard! You slacker!!!! Kimba ... Those lights you saw may have been from 2 climbers I passed on LeConte. They were doing a traverse on the Corcoran Ridge. After LeConte they were heading out on the Mallory/LeConte saddle when I last saw them. I didn't use my headlamp till the Lone Pine Peak plateau. Hey btw, I stumbled upon someone's campsite down at Grass Lake around midnight or so. Might have been yours.

Re: Whitney Basin Traverse - 13 Peak Dayhike Rick Kent #91507 07/12/12 07:17 PM
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Kimba Member Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 3 Ventura, Ca	Yep, that would be us...believe we had the place to ourselves. Thanks for the info! We thought we were seeing things haha:-) Ended up summiting LPP Sunday...and we thought WE were good! ha!! You came down that chute in the dark!!?? yuck!

Re: Whitney Basin Traverse - 13 Peak Dayhike Kimba #91516 07/13/12 02:59 AM
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 587 Bakersfield, CA Rick Kent Member
Rick Kent Member Joined: May 2003 Posts: 587 Bakersfield, CA	Hey Richard ... I was just looking back through old photos for something and stumbled upon another interesting coincindence! Apparently you and I have crossed paths further back than either of us knew. Check out this photo of mine from 2004: http://www.rickkent.net/ViewerPlus/viewphoto.aspx?ID=41115 -Rick

Re: Whitney Basin Traverse - 13 Peak Dayhike Rick Kent #91517 07/13/12 03:20 AM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 5,435 Likes: 9 Ridgecrest, CA Richard P. Member
Richard P. Member Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 5,435 Likes: 9 Ridgecrest, CA	That was the weekend that Larry Urish came to my house, picked me up and covered everything (cost-wise) on the trip. We did a MR->MT loop. CaT asked to come along, but started running a little slow at UBSL, so I asked him to head down so that Larry and I could get to the summit in a reasonable amount of time. We made the top at just about 3:00pm. Another interesting coincidence is that Dan Bishop (CLMRG) is signed in a little above us. Photos: http://piotrowski.smugmug.com SpotCasting: https://maps.findmespot.com/s/9DDZ#history/assets

Re: Whitney Basin Traverse - 13 Peak Dayhike Richard P. #91518 07/13/12 03:26 AM
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 587 Bakersfield, CA Rick Kent Member
Rick Kent Member Joined: May 2003 Posts: 587 Bakersfield, CA	Ya, I saw Dan's entry too. Looks like I summitted at 4:16pm.

Nuts! Rick Kent #91521 07/13/12 12:39 PM
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hightinerary Member Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 969 Maryland	Rick, you should be sponsored by Planters.

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