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Whitney Quotes
#56783 03/31/20 10:04 PM
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Here's your chance to post quotes about Whitney or about hiking or mountaineering in general. The following are some of the ones I've come across:

"This trail is good for maximizing my pictures per mile, not my miles per picture." - me

"Boys go to Baldy. Men go to Whitney." - a response I got after talking to an LA local about getting to the top of Mt. Baldy (Mt. San Antonio) in the San Gabriel Mountains

"Hike more. Worry less." - unknown, saw this on someone's T-shirt

"The mountains are calling" - John Muir, saw this on the entrance to Mammoth Lakes

"Going to the mountains is going home" - John Muir, saw this on the exit from Mammoth Lakes

"Mile 6.0 - The Poop Pool at Trail Camp. MUST FILTER / TREAT" - Doug Thompson, Mt Whitney guide book, "water sources on trail" section

"Nothing about climbing Whitney made sense. First, I probably wouldn't even get a permit. Second, even if I did get one, there was no guarantee that the weather would cooperate, and continuing to push on would potentially result in a helicopter rescue or worse. Third, I could barely run a mile without stopping and did not believe for a moment that going on a 22 mile hike at altitude was anywhere near my capability. Fourth, the logistics of obtaining the vacation time and scheduling the campground/car/hotel rental was in itself a challenge. And so on and so on. Any man in his right mind would have stayed home. But I couldn't stay home. For in my heart I needed to go, and the pull of Whitney's summit was stronger than that of any other force on Earth." - paraphrase of Tenzing Norgay

Re: Whitney Quotes
CouchToWhitney #56788 04/01/20 08:10 AM
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“I started a weird thread about random people quoting a day hike and thought others would be interested in said non-sensical quotes”

“Mt. Whitney is a difficult hike” - Thomas Jefferson

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ace #56792 04/01/20 11:02 AM
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“Ace, don’t be such a dick”. -Ben Franklin

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Jammer #56793 04/01/20 11:15 AM
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“North Carolina is for poors” - Shaq

“Mt. Whitney is a tall mountain that you can hike” - Colonel Sanders

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ace #56798 04/01/20 01:42 PM
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It wasn't Whitney, but one of my friends read this on a summit register:
"Everyone else freaked out and turned back. Final score for today: Mountain - 10+, Hikers - 1" - random guy
"I hope you made it back" - arrow pointing to the entry above

And on another different register:
"F*** Donald Trump. Black lives matter" - random guy
"Politics and hiking don't mix" - entry below responding to the guy above

Originally Posted By: ace
“I started a weird thread about random people quoting a day hike and thought others would be interested in said non-sensical quotes”

Originally Posted By: ace
“North Carolina is for poors” - Shaq

"It's April Fools Day, not April Trolls Day" - the Internet

Re: Whitney Quotes
CouchToWhitney #56800 04/02/20 06:52 AM
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“You miss 100% of the shots you don't take - wayne gretzky" - Michael Scott

“Where we’re going, we don’t need roads” - Terry Schiavo

“Say it again!!!” - Pinky, Next Friday

“I would rather walk around all day than actually hold a job and contribute to the economy/society” PCT Hikers

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Jammer #56801 04/02/20 06:53 AM
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LOL classic Ben


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