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can you tell if he is moving any faster as he burns off those 12 lbs of food?
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Looks as though he has started back down. Hope he has pictures of his route. It looks very difficult on the TOPO.
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Looks like weather. Intellicast interactive map shows a series of systems right on top of him for the past hour. This time of day, that usually means t-storms. Note he's retreating first off the ridge, down the fall line, then over to his ascent route. Covered the first 400 feet of descent in no more than 20 minutes, maybe a lot less.
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Black Kaweah was his plan on the several e mails we exchanged.
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I have got to come clean: I am jealous.  Instead of being at my desk right now, I'd love to be where he's at....sounds amazing... 
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Welcome to amazing world of Sierra Video Games.
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Welcome to amazing world of Sierra Video Games. HeeHee: Top Ten List SimSierra World of Campcraft Grand Theft Marmot Alpinelands PermitWars Legend of Laura Portal PackMan Uncharted SuperMario Ultralight
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Welcome to amazing world of Sierra Video Games. HeeHee: Top Ten List SimSierra World of Campcraft Grand Theft Marmot Alpinelands PermitWars Legend of Laura Portal PackMan Uncharted SuperMario Ultralight 
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Once Steve got past Jester Lake(49), he really got a move on! 
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Welcome to amazing world of Sierra Video Games. HeeHee: Top Ten List SimSierra World of Campcraft Grand Theft Marmot Alpinelands PermitWars Legend of Laura Portal PackMan Uncharted SuperMario Ultralight Now THAT made me laugh out loud!! But this is why I almost never take my SPOT with me anymore...
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Once Steve got past Jester Lake(49), he really got a move on!
All afternoon to fish the upper Kern. Heaven
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Looks like Steve did a southern detour from his itinerary, now heading north past Artic Lake. Carrying that full wag bag might slow him down but he's making good time 
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Steve is presently at Arctic Lake. Does anybody know what the light green/darker green demarcation line is on the west slope of Whitney? It passes through Mt. Russell & heads North/South. I don't think it is the Zone, as I can't see it at Lone Pine Lake. You will need to select "Terrain". 
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?!. Huh? WTF? Oh, just looked at the webcam. Probably weather. 
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Don't be silly. What's a little lightning at 13K? 
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At 5:30 PM. This is interesting. According to his SPOT, he's free solo on the East Buttress. I know, he's gotta be in the MR chute, right? But check out the satellite view. Another good reason to at least leave the SPOT off for a while, huh?
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Does anybody know what the light green/darker green demarcation line is on the west slope of Whitney? It passes through Mt. Russell & heads North/South.
I don't think it is the Zone, as I can't see it at Lone Pine Lake. You will need to select "Terrain".
Definitely not SEKI or Inyo Co boundaries. Could it just be some overlapping aerial/satellite survey equivalent of cut and paste? Clock is ticking- is Steve planning to sleep on the summit?
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Steve is apparently on the summit, 6 minutes ago. The hard way, I reckon. 
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Does anybody know what the light green/darker green demarcation line is on the west slope of Whitney? It passes through Mt. Russell & heads North/South.
I don't think it is the Zone, as I can't see it at Lone Pine Lake. You will need to select "Terrain".
Wagga, I think that's just a 3D shading effect you're referring to. The steep eastern escarpment shows up as darker because the light source used to render the topography is coming from the west. That would explain why it only shows up in terrain view. In some 3D mapping programs you can change the direction of the lighting.
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