Mt. Whitney Portal Store & Hostel Forums General Mt. Whitney Portal Store Message Board WHITNEY CLINIC Part 1

Thanks so much Kurt for a great day, and to everyone else for welcoming "1st-timers" Suzanne and I. We truly had a memorable time. My personal highlights? The cookies, Richard and his umbrella, Kurt's sherpa joke, and of course my personal Sherpani Suzanne for carrying my snowboard all the way (she rocks)!! I look forward to seeing you all on Mt Whitney this summer.
Barb

It was nice to meet you all yesterday and enjoy some of our Southern California winter splendor. My friend Phil and I (Phil is the one on the left with the skis in the trailhead group picture) stopped our ascent at about 9,000 ft. We decided that the near white-out conditions wouldn't be too good for a ski descent. We did ski back down from our turn-around point with some very challenging visibility. We stopped in at the Hut on the way down where Erin was keeping things nice & warm. Ken, Josh & (? forgot the other gentlemen's name)were also back at the Hut. We skied about half the way back to Manker Flat and reached our cars a little after 2:00.

We'll be making another attempt to take our skis to the summit of Baldy on March 7th.

Indeed. Good day!

Hey Suzanne nice to meet you yesterday . Have a great time in Africa .
Are you taking the snowboard with you ?

Everybody great day. Want to say special thanks to Kurt and Richard for setting this up. Kurt thanks for your leadership it's unmatched brother. Ron cannot begin to tell you how much the Hot tea was appreciated. Seriously thanks. Thanks to the two Rooks had lots of fun watching you sherpa the snowboard up the mountain then carry it down. Simon look forward to climbing with you again soon love your sense of humor. Mark thanks for the cookies.....James thanks for being James.....Shin well you know we all love you man....Bob look forward to doing some training hikes to push you for Argentina. Cannot spell that 20+K mountains name and after two days of climbing am too lazy to care. Pics are below cannot wait until next time....
TOMCAT if your reading you have to come next time brah and Ridgeline Dave was up you still alive???

http://picasaweb.google.com/Jeffscof/WPSMBBaldyHikeKurtComesDown#

Dear Richard,
Thank you very much for setting up another great hiking experience for Southern Cal hikers by driving such a long distance under bad road condition. Your presence,sense of humor, and your
experience made the gloomy weather a bit more tolerable. Thank you very much for looking after us.

Looking forward to hiking with you next time.

Shin
PS. I hope everyone look at your new fashion statement for unpredictable weather in mountains.

I laughed so hard about TZ5's new hidden feature.
"BOKASHI" effect in photography terminology?

BOKAHSI - I love the way we create new terminology. (BTW, I changed it to BOKAH-SI on purpose.)

It was a fun climb, inspite of the foul weather. I've lost count already, but every walk in the mountains with you has been a blast.

I hope you didn't mind my testing your ability to inform us about where we were at on the mountain. I just wanted to make sure it didn't turn into another "Boundary." We needed to make sure we had a backup to Kurt's built-in Baldy radar. (120 degrees from the summit to the hut, right?)

Big question for Doug Sr.: How do you do it? (I think we all know what I mean.)

Rich,

Good to finally meet you and climb with you. I've seen your posts for so long and the great photos you submit now I finally put a face to the post.
and as far as the fashion statement........ I'm not sure if they are referring to the jeans or the umbrella. Either way it was a good day, considering the adverse conditions.
Jeff the name of the mountain is "Aconcagua". Did you happen to challenge San Gregonio yesterday or not?

Looking forward to the next group hike.

Just Bob

Richard,

A big thank you too for all you do. Your humor and guidance and good nature helped us all through a challenging...and incredibly fun day. Your photos (and Kurts, Carols and others) are awesome. Don't know how you can haul that camera and the fashionable rain gear up the hill. Kudos to the lone member of the blue jean crew. Sorry I could not hang out at the lodge, wanted to beat Friday traffic on the long slog home in the rain. Next time!

J

It was just a bit windy on top so we didn't wait for the main group. It was such a good turn out I didn't get a chance to meet everyone, maybe next time. Returning to a warm ski hut was a bonus.

Here is a shaky 360 degree pan of the summit.

MVI_2871.AVI

Simon,

Think I'll leave the snowboard in America for that trip. Ha! I think I've been renamed Sherpani Sue!

Hahaha, love the vid Ken, looks like a damn fun time! Bummed I missed it.

You know I've spent all day loading pics and looking at other member's albums and this is really a family. I can't speak for everyone but I think of all of you as my brother's and sisters. Some maybe aunt's and uncles, JK, LOL!! I really enjoy our climbs together and especially the good times after reminencing about the day's climb. The mountains are a great place to make new freinds and bond with old. Becuase of my friendship with Shin I met Bob who is going to Argentina later this year. Thru Kurt I met Ron(see you Thursday night Ron). Thanks everyone and remember we are a family we will have our differences but in the end our love is the same. God Bless and can't wait till the next cimb.

O ya, Carole and Brandon Yeti loves ya too!!

Gotta have that Yeti love!!!