California 04/2008 - Day 9

We overnited in Lone Pine and dinned at the local pizza parlor. XL Pepperoni with extra cheese and Pepperoni. Boy was it greasy. The plan was to head up the Mount Whitney Portal road and explore up there, stopping again where the snow covered the road. Once again, we had to pass the road closed barricade and stopped when the road was covered by snow.



We picked out a hike, but upon checking it out, it didn't seem to be up to our standards. We redirected our efforts and headed up the hill.



Wade lead us up some pretty scary and steep snow fields,



making our way up to one ridge,



then climbing even higher to another view point.



And then going even higher...



The views were great...


Here we are at the top, or at least as far up as we were going to go. We were quite pleased with ourselves for making it up as far as we had. Thanks to my friend Wade for getting me that far up the mountain. We left Mount Whitney, headed for LA, where Wade would meet Emiley and Linnea for their flight home. I would be making my way home on Northwest, which announced plans to merge with Delta during this trip.