John, congrats on another Whitney summit! And all day Friday I was telling my wife, "John's probably at so-and-so by now", "John's probably signing the summit register now", etc - and here you had already summitted the day before and were probably enjoying a burger and a brew at the WPS! Glad you had a great trip, and hopefully didn't lose the house deed at the Vegas tables! Also very happy you ran into Bob, Bee, Steve and Richard. Steve and I were PMing back and forth a couple days prior trying to determine if your paths would cross. Richard is the only one of that group I've met, so maybe next year for the other three.
Q1: What was your pack weight at the Portal when you started? Manage to keep it under 35? No bird seed, I'm assuming . . .
Q2: How was Consultation Lake? Any marmots or wind? Joe and I experienced neither in July.
Q3: How'd the foot hold up?
Q4: Did you finally chow down at the Portal Store?
Q5: Did you take the DV shortcut we talked about?
Q6: Any altitude struggles with Chad or Kristy? I know they had very little acclimation time compared to you.
Q7: Where are the photos?!
Got your voicemail but I've been buried at work the last couple of days and haven't had a chance to call back during a civilized hour. Maybe we can catch up this weekend. Taking the family for a hike somewhere Sunday - just don't know where yet.
Congrats again bro!
