Mount Whitney 2024 - My Third Attempt - Detailed Look At Trail
After 1.5 years of very hard training, two previous attempts, physical ailments and a whole lot of doubt, I finally made it back to Mount Whitney on Sept 14, 2024. This video shows a lot of the trail for those interested in learning about it.
I had serious doubts about my conditioning before I went this year, as anyone who has watched my recent videos already knows. It was a challenging year for me in many ways and I had serious lapses of motivation.
I wanted to show my favorite sections of this climb in this video so there is extended footage of those. The views were spectacular, the cliffs were a bit scary and the weather was perfect this time! I also hiked with a great group of people as you will see!
I thanked some people in this video for their support and encouragement, but I didn't mention everyone (hey I recorded it on the fly), so here are the rest of you:
Trevor Drake, Josh Santaga, Keith Dervin, Rupa & Junior (DPT), Dr. Pouloson, Catra Corbett, Andrea Moore, Laura Swenson, Auntie Donna, Jimmy Strickland, Billy Strickland, Brett & Nikki Lambert, Katherine Kawaguchi, Mike Willson.
All of your encouragement made a difference!
Additional footage and photos:
Matt Miller
Rodney Tao
Tamir Izhaky
Never ever give up on yourself!
Rod's video of this hike can be seen here:
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Jim Lowe joined us on this hike and you can watch his video here:
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