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Onion Valley to Whitney Peak

54 mile trek in five days from Onion Valley to Mt. Whitney peak and out the portal, Aug 6-10 2016.
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Cool moon behind some crags.
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Timberline Lake, 11,000 ft.
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Timberline Lake, 11,000 ft.
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Up at this view we can see the back side of the crags and pinnacles we will walk through laterally to get to the peak, which is hiding in the far left at this angle.
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Climbing, climbing...
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Finally round the corner and see Guitar Lake.
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Perfect weather, beautiful campsite at Guitar Lake. Last camp before the push.
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I got up at 3:30 am to admire the star fields and watch the shooting stars. We all started breaking camp at 4:00 am so we could begin walking at first light.
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Morning reflections on Guitar Lake of the amazing colors on the horizon at this hour.
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The sun starts to touch the far western peaks.
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Telephoto of the sunrise accenting a caldera on a far peak.
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Sunrise on the east face of Whitney.
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Long laborious switchbacks, but I actually found it easier than my Boundary Peak ascent.
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One of the Hitchcock Lakes.
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