Mt Whitney Zone Forums General Discussion AARP on Whitney

May/June AARP "The Magazine" is running a feature called "Crazy for Adventure".
It presents six categories of "adventure", with three examples under each category, one "Insane", one "Sane", and one "Tame". Category one is climbing, with a 54-year old on about a 5.2 pitch, training for Acongacua (22,841) as the "Insane" entry. The "Sane" suggestion is:

"Try a "walk-up' mountain like the south slope of Mount Whitney, in California".

after that ("Tame") comes a walk to the highest point in Florida.

Just for perspective on AARP's scale, bungee jumping the Bridge to Nowhere over the San Gabriel, "Sane", between base jumping at 69 and skipping rope.

Hmmm ... wonder what they meant by the 'south slope'? The main trail goes east/west until trail crest, and then north/south, but that section is but 2 miles or so it.

Must confess I was losing interest in that mag, and after they published the puff piece of GWB, haven't looked at it since.

What's the official seal of the AARP?

Hey, its AARP. South Slope means you get the heli to Trail Crest and the scooter from there.

LOL good one. Next someone will find a way to make the Starbucks at the summit handicapped accessible

Isn't that what the gondolas on the tram are for?