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Mt Whitney; 2014

     I’m resting      I’m finally resting.      My day started at four a.m.      By 4:30 I had three liters of water in my pack and a hiking pole in each hand.      I was going to summit Mt Whitney.     Again.     I was headed up the Whitney Portal Trail with two friends and we …

On the Mountain

     I had some pretty fancy dreams of summiting Mt Whitney today for the second time.      Sometimes dreams just don’t come true.      Sometimes your heart is just beating so fast, your asthma is kicking in and your feet fucking hurt.      I literally pushed myself to my limit today and I had to …