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Overview map day 14
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4:34am and others are alredy on the trail leaving light streaks on my long exposure
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First light on the peaks west at 6:15am
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Guitar Lake still asleep
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We gain elevation quickly at this early hour
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About an hour later we can see the guitar shape much better
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It is a long way up to Trail Crest
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Hitchcock Lakes - great alternate camp site if you have some extra time the day before
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On the last two miles along the crest to Whitney's summit
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Quite a different landscape up here
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If you look really closely, you can see the summit hut up there
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Guitar Lake, aerial cam view
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An ocean of boulders
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Panorama of the view back to Mount Hitchcock and its lakes
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But getting to the top feels good
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His first time on Whitney's summit
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That puddle is Iceberg Lake
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Frog Pond an the polished granite ridge where we camped in April
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Summit bum begging for treats
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Full 360 degree panorama, and a typical busy August Saturday up there
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Owens Valley and the Mountaineer's Route in the center
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Another 360 panorama
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One for their facebook page
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The summit hut
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Time to go, clouds are getting bigger
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Hitchcock and Guitar Lakes
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Back on the JMT at the intersection below Trail Crest
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Top of Trail Crest
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Looks like there won't be a storm today after all
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Mirror Lake below Thor Peak
