Hi everyone! Just registered, but been lurking around the forum for a while, getting excited for my trip. Heading up to Whitney very soon... 5 of us total, first time to the summit for all of us - 4 dudes, 1 girl (I'm the girl). We're going to Kearsarge this weekend for a night or two (any info on conditions, any suggestions, totally welcome), then we'll camp at the Portal on 19 May, Trail Camp 20 May, summit and back down to Portal for one more night on 21 May. Hoping that the Kearsarge trip will make the Portal-Trail Camp-Summit less likely to induce AMS. One bonus, none of us are super-star athletes, so we'll take it nice and slow wink Thanks to all of you for posting such great info.