East Buttress of Mt. Whitney July 10th, 2011
The difference between a Saturday and a Sunday in the High Sierra? On Saturday
we watched groups line up for the East Buttress and got peeks of them on the
ridge, from the lonely East Face. On Sunday, we had the entire east side of the
mountain to ourselves, which was surreal. The East Buttress climbing was
startling. One great pitch after the other, climbing to the sky. We relaxed our
way through the day of 11 roped pitches, summitting at 3:30 PM. After an hour on top, we descended the Mountaineers Route again, to complete the back to back Whitney days up these fine classics. We tore down camp and headed down to Upper Boy Scout Lake, arriving in low angle sun, but bright light, positioning ourselves for Mount Russell the next day.
Pictures?
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