Mt. Whitney Portal Store & Hostel Forums General Mt. Whitney Portal Store Message Board boulders removed from portal road

yes, i noticed a considerable amount of boulder fallout on the portal road going up, BUT alot less going down? what caused this winter phenonomon? Ours truley Richard Piotrowski throwing boulders over the edge to ? kill time? stay in shape? a man thing? watch the boulders crash and roll? clear the road for other nature lovers? we may never know, but it would have been fun to get a video! thanks richard you make my trips fun and create great stories to tell my grandchildren.

yeah, I hear the Legend keeps in winter shape by kicking boulders over the edge. In summer he sticks to pine cones! :-)

-L

The rocks used their transporter beams and moved to The Racetrack a couple valleys over.

They are rolling them downhill for other purposes...once they collect enough at the bottom they can start working on the foundation for the cable car building..

Chris

Or maybe the foundation for Doug's second hotel.

Funny; Doug do you remember your first year at the store, asking a couple of boys to help you move a bolder off the road, the tow rope broke?

<img border="5" src="http://piotrowski.smugmug.com/photos/128248592-S.jpg" align="left">I sure would like to be around when this one falls! (Maybe it already has due to the additional rain.)