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Tom Becht: Mt Williamson showing George Creek Canyon to the left
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Tom Becht: Detour 1 - 1st 5 minutes
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Tom Becht: The best trail we were going to get
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Tom Becht: Light brush
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Tom Becht: Heavier brush
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Tom Becht: First view of snow
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Tom Becht: The canyon keeps on going
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Tom Becht: Looking down at more brush
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Tom Becht: Snow at last
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Tom Becht: Debris brought down by storms
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Tom Becht: I took Steve up the harder road
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Tom Becht: Day 2 - the ascent
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Tom Becht: Showing off
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Tom Becht: Steve making his way across a snow field
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Tom Becht: The south eastern slope with the twin watch towers
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Tom Becht: I abandon Steve on the snow at 9AM
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Tom Becht: Mt Whitney from the south eastern plateau
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Tom Becht: Mt Barnard from the plateau
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Tom Becht: The peak with lots more snow to climb
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Tom Becht: Looking down at the plateau as I'm climbing
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Tom Becht: The left snow chute
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Tom Becht: And up I go...
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Tom Becht: Looking back down my ascent
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Tom Becht: Route up the snow
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Tom Becht: Topped out on the climb -- looking at the summit plateau a
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Tom Becht: More of the summit plateau
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Tom Becht: 300 ft to go to the summit
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Tom Becht: Whitney and Langley plus more
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Tom Becht: Jeff from Long Beach with Mt Keith in the background
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Tom Becht: looking north at Shepard Pass