Thanks a bunch Steve for the encouragement. Yosemite, Grand Canyon and Zion hikes have lot of hikers and I didn’t feel that I was doing solo. Given the length of the Whitney trial and the limited permits per day, I was not sure what to expect in terms of traffic in trail.
Gladly I am doing this on weekend and that will have more traffic than weekday hikes. Hope to make new friends on the trail and looking forward to the adventure.
