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Mt Whitney Records #49324 06/26/08 11:45 PM
Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 7 Colorado cgentry7 Member
cgentry7 Member Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 7 Colorado	What are some of the records for the Mt Whitney Main Trail? P.S. My friends and I were the guys sleeping on the summit last Sunday with the space blankets after an excruciating single day hike!! Tough but an awesome experience!!

Re: Mt Whitney Records cgentry7 #49361 06/27/08 07:02 PM
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cgentry7 Member Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 7 Colorado	No one knows any records? I tried to find some but was unsuccessful.

Re: Mt Whitney Records cgentry7 #49365 06/27/08 07:40 PM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 629 Yorba Linda, CA JEFF SCOFIELD Member
JEFF SCOFIELD Member Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 629 Yorba Linda, CA	I ran in to one guy on a day hike about a mile from the portal. It was 3am and I asked him quiting already? He said he started at 3 am the previous day. That has got to be the record for the slowest time 24-25 hours for a continuous day hike. Fastest day hike on MT has got to be Galen Rowell. In Anatoli Boukreev's book the climb Galen was quoted of saying he did Whitney in 3 and 1/2 hours. I don't know if thats the MT or Moutaineer route but that's damn good...

Re: Mt Whitney Records JEFF SCOFIELD #49367 06/27/08 07:56 PM
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cgentry7 Member Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 7 Colorado	Wow 3 1/2 hours....is that round trip?

Re: Mt Whitney Records cgentry7 #49369 06/27/08 08:33 PM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 629 Yorba Linda, CA JEFF SCOFIELD Member
JEFF SCOFIELD Member Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 629 Yorba Linda, CA	book didn't say. But Galen was a worldclass climber.

Re: Mt Whitney Records JEFF SCOFIELD #49376 06/27/08 08:59 PM
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ep Member Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 287	Doug probably knows. I'd bet it's under three hours round trip for the trail. The Mountaineer's route is shorter. On Hans Florine's webpage an unsubstantiated time of 2:15 (car to car) is listed for the MR. There are some times listed here for the "Whitney Challenge", whatever that is.

Re: Mt Whitney Records ep #49381 06/27/08 09:36 PM
Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 194 Torrance Randy S Member
Randy S Member Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 194 Torrance	I have seen on the site here of guys doing the hike barefoot, the guy and girl who hiked naked, and I heard of a guy who carried someone on his back all the way to the top!

Re: Mt Whitney Records cgentry7 #49384 06/27/08 10:13 PM
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cgentry7 Member Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 7 Colorado	We did our day hike on sunday and heard from other hikers that a couple did it naked on the day before as well. they said it was for the summer solstice or something.

Re: Mt Whitney Records cgentry7 #49385 06/27/08 10:30 PM
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SoCalGirl Member Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 748 Spring Valley, CA	From the "Going Lightweight" thread... Originally Posted By Kashcraft Re: Going Lightweight [Re: Jessica] Actually it is true. We were resting slightly off trail when a young couple walked by kind of apologizing for being naked. The lady said something about it being "national naked hiking day." He had on a daypack and she actually was wearing a small scarf, in addition to their hats and shoes. It was quite shocking. Since neither of them had a tan, I doubt they started from trail camp that way. By the time we caught up to them at the summit they had their clothes back on. I still wonder just how long it would take to get a full body sunburn at that elevations.....ouch all over. With a little help from photoshop http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2726118860061435028CzBVyG "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." -Marcel Proust

Re: Mt Whitney Records SoCalGirl #49386 06/27/08 10:41 PM
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cgentry7 Member Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 7 Colorado	HA HA thats crazy!!

Re: Mt Whitney Records cgentry7 #49392 06/27/08 11:50 PM
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AlanK Member Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,190 Glendale, CA	Previous threads 2007 2005

Re: Mt Whitney Records AlanK #49434 06/28/08 09:28 PM
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Randy S Member Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 194 Torrance	I hope that couple had on SPF 100+ for the sunburn they'll get!

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