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Laura,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY on Sunday (and coincidentally, the longest day of the year -- nice day for a birthday)!!! I hope you and your dad are able to celebrate on the summit of Whitney that day as you had planned.
I thought I'd post this a couple of days early so others could send you their best wishes if they want to before they head to the mountains for the weekend.
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I'll being saying it in person in a couple of days (and probably before you even see this thread) but HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." -Marcel Proust
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That was a quick 29 years! 
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Happy Birthday Moosie.
I always enjoy reading your inspiring messages. I'm waiting for your trip report on Sequoia. Last year in July, my brother and I were blasted by ligtning off of Alta Peak. I hope conditions were better for your group.
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Cheers Laura! Thank you for your wonderful TRs and photos. You've been a great inspiration. Sorry I will miss your B-Day Trifecta. Looks like the sun is going to come out just for you. 
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Happy Birthday Laura! Hope you and your Dad have a great climb!
Can't wait for the TR.
Be Safe!
Ron and Linda
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Laura:
Wishing you the very best birthday celebration. It looks like you and your dad will have good weather on Sunday for your hike, but be careful of the snow. Of course, you've been up there enough to know what to expect.
We'll be staying at the hostel both Saturday and Sunday night, so maybe we'll get a chance to see you.
Whitney Mike
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Happy Birthday Laura!
I hope it is a GREAT one for you!! 
White Tundra
It's what I drive,
not where I live.
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Moosie, In honor of your birthday, I shall eat a "Moose" burger this weekend at the Portal. Happy Birthday!!..................DUG BTW - my daughter turned 21 today and I bought her 1st "legal" drink. Maybe in a year or two I can buy Moosie a legal drink.
Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time. ~Steven Wright
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Your b-day... father's day... Mt. Whitney. What a grand day it will be!!!MC 
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23 right? Happy birthday!
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Happy Birthday, Laura, from the flatlands of MO.
Have a great Father's Day with your dad on Whitney. Hope the weather and trail conditions cooperate with your plans. I'll be spending my Father's Day and the next week with 60+ other peoples' kids at Scout summer camp...on a lake in TN, so no mountains but a nice locale, nonetheless.
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Thanks, everyone! Pop and I are hitting the MT this morning, heading for Trail Camp/Consultation Lake. Plans are changed a bit, as we will try for the summit Saturday instead of Sunday (Pop isn't too keen on the death march idea of summit and out on Sunday), but if anyone is in the vicinity of the Portal Sunday afternoon, we're gonna have a blowout Pah-tee at THE STORE!! I think I'm more nervous about this trip than anything else I've ever done. Thanks for the good wishes, and keep the good juju flowing as I get Pop to the Top! From the luckiest girl in the world: Climb Hard, Be Safe. -L
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To the luckiest girl in the world,
Partly in honor of your BD, me and my fellow co-leader of our monthly hiking group out here will be doing what we call a "non-weenie hike" (minimum, 10 miles) Sunday afternoon after church -- place yet TBD. But I'm sure everything in OH is a weenie hike compared to what you and your Pop will be doing. ENJOY!
CaT
Last edited by California-Trailwalker; 06/19/09 02:18 PM. Reason: Defining "non-weenie hike"
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Happiest birthday ever to you! I must agree, you are one of the luckiest girls in the world!!!
The "Goat" Berne Mettenleiter
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Happy Birthday Laura. With the plan changes, I won't see you on the trail Sunday, but maybe at the WP store.
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Happy, Happy birthday to a fellow June birthday girl.
Looks like you will have lots of company at the summit. Have a great Father's Day with your dad and stay safe (I know you will).
My dad was born and raised in the Rockies and instilled a love of the mountains in me. When we would drive past Mt. Whitney/Lone Pine he always said he wanted to hike to the top but never had the chance due to ill health. His wish gave me a goal and one day I will make it. (So far I've only made it to Trail Camp) When my kids were little we started camping at the Portal (site 44 before you had to reserve it) and the more we visited the portal, the more I wanted to summit. I will ... for my Dad.
I really enjoy your trip reports and pictures.
You are the luckiest girl in the world. Have FUN!!!
Nan
Flatland girl with Sierra in her heart...
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HAPY BIRTHDAY LAURA!!!
I'd been thinking of you the last week, wondering when your Dad was going to arrive for your hike together.
You'll have such a great time... my favorite memories of my Dad are all in the mountains! Can't wait to see the photos!
Rosie
"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal." Albert Pike
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