Day 45-Whitney up and down

After camping within 3 miles of the top of Whitney, we made it to the top pretty early and spent nearly four hours up there. The views were amazing. Mountains on all sides covered in snow. The trek up was not so easy and I used my crampons in the icy early morning to have enough traction to walk. After walking some sheer ice cliffs, I could finally see the shelter on top. We had made it. One small snow field and then it was to the top. We made our hot chocolate at the top and really enjoyed it. Lil Buddha, Ryan, crew and myself were first up and I was pleasantly surprised to see goodness and Zim show up in time for our hot chocolate party. After this we walked down a couple miles and then glissaded down cutting off many switchbacks. It was really fun. We finally got back to crabtree meadows after seeing many old faces on their way ip the trail to attempt Whitney tomorrow. At camp I had some mashed potatoes and couscous (only meals I have left). Since Whitney is not directly on the pct (8mile side trail) forester pass is the highest point on the trail at well over 13000 and that is the pass we will climb over tomorrow.