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Picture 1 Camping at Horseshoe Meadows |
"It was like no
other hike that we had ever been on before," stated Mark Habermeyer, Varsity Scout
Coach for Team 134 of Ranchos Palos Verdes, CA. He had recently returned from an
eight day trip in August to the highest mountain peak in the contiguous United States.
At 14,496.811 ft. above sea level it was no easy task to reach the summit on August
18, 1997 with his team of 6 boys from Southern California. "It was a real
challenge for me to make it to the top. All the young men who went just seemed to
run up there without breaking a sweat!", he recalled. "I'm sure they'll
remember that one for a long time."
Starting from Los Angeles on Tuesday, August
12th at 1pm we traveled by car and van to a campsite located 10 miles outside of Lone Pine
south of Mt. Whitney. Horseshoe Meadows campground was at 10,000 ft. and served as
our first night's base camp. We arrived about 6:30 pm and set up camp immediately
upon arrival. Even though everyone was excited for tomorrow's hike, we all decided
to get a good nights rest and turned in at 10:30 pm. (Even with a good air mattress, how
come the ground is so hard when you go camping?) |
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Mt. Whitney at Dawn
Our last day before leaving.
Taken at Trail Camp, elevation 12,000 ft.: August 19, 1997.
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Mountain Stream
Taken along the trail between Rock Creek and
Crabtree Meadows
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Moon Set on Guitar Lake
Taken at 5:30 AM at our campsite the day we went to the top of
Mt.Whitney
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