East Face of Mt Whitney, August 2002

 














  Martha by the North Fork of Lone Pine Creek on the hike in





















Martha in basecamp ......sipping some tea
.......and munching on a apple






























Martha on the Tower Traverse,   3hrs 5 min. from Iceberg Lake to Summit.   We seperated at the summit with me taking the trail back to the car   and  Rob descending the North Couloir  back to East Face Lake to retrieve the camping gear.  I made it back to the car by about 10 pm. Rob made it  back by 7am the next morning after catching a little sleep and having been stepped on by a climber who, making the approach at 3am, thought he was  a log.   We ate a big breakfast at the Whitney Portal Cafe where they serve pancakes that are 12' in diameter. -mr