​Abram Was Here

Hiking from the highest point in the continental United States,

Mt. Whitney (14,508ft ) of the Sierra;

I traversed two additional mountain ranges and four low valleys on the main route

making it to the lowest point, Badwater Basin (-282ft) in Death Valley.

 

Then turning around I marched back to the summit of Mt. Whitney,

 with some alternate and bonus routes and peaks along the way...!

 

Some describe the Low to High Route "L2H"

as "Trecharous and Perilous"

and the great majority of the time it is, BUT...

I walked to Low gettin thru the hot stretches followed by my moon shadow

and strolled back to High with afternoon desert rain showers...

 

Though I walked "thru" the Valley of Death, I feared no evil

 

Approx 57,000 feet of elevation gain and loss in approx 285 miles

15 Days

100 Gigabytes of Photos

 

Summit of

Mt. Whitney  x3  (1 bivy night) (14,508ft) (once on approach)

Telescope Peak x2  (1 bivy night)   (11,043ft)

Three unnamed Peaks along the Telescope Ridge (Just below telescope elev)

Bennett Peak (1 Bivy night)  (9980ft)

Rogers Peak  (9994ft)

 

THE "Plus"

1 summit of Mount Whitney was on route approach.

Charcoal Kilns (the best preserved in the west)

WildRose Canyon and Oasis

Darwin Falls and Canyon

China Garden Springs

Cerro Gordo Alt Route

Rain in Death Valley

My water bottles froze in Death Valley (Bennet Peak Bivy night)

THE HST reverse yoyo plus as an approach

 

Special Thanks to

Water Cachers

Cris and Chica

L2H Thru hikers

Puppy and Bulldozer

for being AWESOME!