So my hike is coming up in 2 weeks and I am a tad bit nervous. Why? because, truth be told I haven't been training as much as I had hoped and also because I have never ever camped or hiked in the wilderness solo before! I have only 1 overnight permit that I got by sheer luck so not really possible to invite anyone else.
I am doing 5 mile hikes everyday now after work and on the weekend about 6-8 mile hikes in the canyons.
My plan is to take it slow on Day 1 but Day 2 is going to be brutal... 5am start, reach summit perhaps at 10am, head down starting 11am and finish 6pm or so. That's 13 hours of hiking, yikes!
Some of the things that scare me are - weather systems that move in nearing the summit, bears attacking me at Trail camp or Whitney Portal, getting seriously sick with altitude sickness (although I am taking Diamox so I am optimistic!)
