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Amanda starts up Steck-Salathe
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Scarily perched rocks hundreds of feet off the deck on Sentinel Rock.
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Smoky El-Cap
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Bloated granola bag from elevation gain, Whitney Portal
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Snack stop on the way to Mt Whitney, with rando "Homer" brah
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We're going all the way up there...
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We are here
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Map check
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Bailey claims "weather updates" but we know he's wilderness Facebooking
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Clear view to Lone Pine = wilderness cell service
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Pretzels!
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Base of Mt Whitney, bluebird tease just before the entire sky turned dark and ominous.
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Dave, Mt Whitney
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Storms roll in. We decide to take a rest day and climb tomorrow.
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Amanda in a sea of alpine boulders under a darkening sky
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Mt Russel
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Iceberg Lake
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I was there too.
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Twins
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Awwww
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Bad-weather rest day activities, upper boy scout lake
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Bad-weather rest day activities, upper boy scout lake
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Start of Mt Whitney E Buttress route
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Start of Mt Whitney E Buttress route
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Mt Russel from Whitney's East Buttress.
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E Buttress Mt Whitney
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Mt Russel in the dark
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E Buttress Mt Whitney
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E Buttress Mt Whitney, Iceberg Lake behind
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Looking at yesterday's route, Mithral Dihedral on Mt Russel
