Day 43-Whitney

Whitney is a monster of a mountain, the highest in the continental united states. It is also full of snow in this record snow year. The morning started out with the climb out of chicken spring lake and then down to rock creek which was flowing very heavily. Our fiercesome foursome was still escalator hot cheese and Ryan and we flew through the day. Once the 16 or so miles were done we stopped and camped at crabtree meadows and it was beautiful. There was a golden marmot and many deer in the meadow. Around eight four of us decided to hike up Whitney and camp on top. After losing the trail many times; having to cut steps, and then ending up scalage a rock face with no sign of the trail we decided to camp. We are within a mile of the top and will summit very early tomorrow. The climb was definitely one of the scariest things I have ever done. Without a doubt we are camped at over 14000 feet elevation.