Hiking the Mt Whitney trail in California as a day hike.

At 14,508ft, Mt Whitney is the tallest mountain in the lower 48 states. The trail itself is 21 miles (33km) with 6000ft elevation gain and is not to be taken lightly.
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I had wanted to climb Whitney ever since I was seventeen when I had stumbled across Galen Rowell's 'The Art of Adventure' at a second hand bookstore back in Australia, where nobody even knows where the Eastern Sierra's even are....READ MORE: http://www.roadtripusa.com/blog/ah...


Mt Whitney Fast Facts
DISTANCE: 22 miles/ 33 km
ELEVATION GAIN: 6000 feet
TIME: 1220 hours (depends on fitness level)
DIFFICULTY: Strenuous
BEST TIMES TO HIKE: Summer and Fall



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