16 summits on 18 attempts. First one was in 1971 at age 11. Failed
in 1974, sick.
2nd-1977 spent the night on top and watched the sunrise
took time off to go to school get married and have kids.
3rd-1995 introduced my wife to hiking Mt. Whitney.
Since then she has summited 9 more times all but one was a day
hike. The one time it wasn't, was the end of our JMT in 2008. My
other failed attempt was in 2005,too much snow. My last summit
was last month. Looking forward to next year already.
