Originally Posted By: Kimmy
Thank you! May I ask how old you are, your level of fitness and amount of training you did to prepare? I'm hiking Whitney on July 15th for the first time. I'm 51, in excellent shape and have done a lot of training, but as the day draws near, I'm getting apprehensive...mainly because of the altitude. I'll only have one day to acclimatize.


Sorry for taking a while to reply Kimmy, so this is probably not relevant to you anymore, but I'll post for others. I'm 23, 185cm and about 180lbs. I'm a computer engineer, so my level of fitness is not great. However I've been hiking more times than I can count and from a very early age. Whitney is also the highest hike in altitude I've done, if that serves as a reference.

Cheers