And I almost forgot to mention: We had the pleasure of having a Moose Burger at the WPS, meeting up with Laura and DUG. Went down to talk with DUG and meet his scout crew. I hope they had a good time hunting the Rabid Grouse on the Meysan Lakes trail.
DUG, it was good to finally meet you face-to-face!
Amazed! Impressed! Wow! I'm not going to even ask you you did this (technologically).
Kinda like HikealongPete's sped-up Mt. Whitney Trail videos with even more afterburners turned on!
CaT
If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them more than the miracle of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it.
- Lyndon Johnson, on signing the Wilderness Act into law (1964)
Today's (6/21) 5:53 am snap gets my vote for best sunrise. How about a video made of frames from about the same time, running over months to show the snow melt?
Verum audaces non gerunt indusia alba. - Ipsi dixit MCMLXXII
I just cannot get enough of these sunrise pictures of Whitney! The one and only time I was there was a group trip, so when it was through, I gathered up EVERYone's professional-quality whitney shots, because they just put you in a good mood! (thanx again, Axeman -- I still love your shots!)The other morning, I had to get up really early, and it was NOT for a hike, however, the webcam shot allowed a quick commune with the mountain.
The body betrays and the weather conspires, hopefully, not on the same day.
I just cannot get enough of these sunrise pictures of Whitney! The one and only time I was there was a group trip, so when it was through, I gathered up EVERYone's professional-quality whitney shots, because they just put you in a good mood! (thanx again, Axeman -- I still love your shots!)The other morning, I had to get up really early, and it was NOT for a hike, however, the webcam shot allowed a quick commune with the mountain.
So, when are you going again? It's not like you're on the other side of the country (that would be me and catpappy)!
So, when are you going again? It's not like you're on the other side of the country (that would be me and catpappy)!
Catpappy! I actually met him once.
Okay, the problem about getting back to the Portal goes something like this:
This 9k peak (and two others hiking distance) is less than 90 min from my house
This little beauty is only about 3hrs from my house
But this Grande Dame is 8hrs away!
Peak #1 can be done as a dayhike (or access to the PCT which has endless possibilities) and I can be home before sundown
Peak #2 can be done as a weekend overnighter -- home by Sunday afternoon
Peak #3 however, requires at least 4 days off and a whole lot more driving + I have to drive through The Land of Glory (Yosemite) to get there -- with 3 more hours to go after stopping at The Land of Plenty (Whoaa Nelli Deli)Because I hate HATE to drive by myself (I fall asleep at the wheel pretty easily) I usually have to time my trips around when others are making pilgrimage.
When will I return? I have been enticed by three-day backpacking trip to Mallory/Irvine at the end of July...we shall see.
The body betrays and the weather conspires, hopefully, not on the same day.
No, sorry. The web cam computer deletes and replaces the video it has every 24 hours. And if I don't log on and copy or upload it before the end of the next day, it is gone.
But usually on those stormy days, Mt W is completely obliterated by the clouds. I'll try to be more vigilant and grab the video next time stormy weather pulls through.
I hope everyone enjoys the night-time web cam views that we have. Those are ones I see and grab every so often, and place in a location for the web cam computer to upload at the end of a day. Wagga alerted me to this morning's Whitney picture. So it is the night view until another good one comes along.
I grabbed the one from 8/29 7:23pm when I saw it up there. That was the most beautiful photo I have seen of Whitney. I saw that you posted it as the night photo several nights in a row.