Hi,
My partner and I have booked a trip to the US early may. I am really hoping I can climb Mt Whitney somewhere between the 1st and the 8th. I have never climbed past 8000 ft, have no experience climbing on snow and there is a good chance I will be by myself. Is this an achievable goal? Would I need to take crampons/ice axe and if so do you need training to use them. I plan on doing a lot of summer training(as its hard to find snow in Australia) between now and then so my main concern is my lack of experience with snow.
Thanks in advance for any recommendations.
