Another(crazy) Quest: A Sequel

Whitney in a day was another one of papa's crazy ideas to test out our CrossFit Reallife. "Yayy Yayy, he's nuts" we say:) So after we drove out of the trailhead area from Cottonwood Lakes, we went to Lone Pine Pizza Factory for some calzones and pizza and watched Little League World Series on a big screen. What a treat.

Then we drove to the Whitney portal campsites, organized gear and clothing, set up camp, and crashed...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. The stars were really pretty that night...fyi.

At 0400 my watch alarm went off, but I ignored it and went back to sleep. Don't tell anyone:P We woke up at 0500, drank clif shot in orange tea(which gave me a stomach ache), hopped in the car, drove to the trailhead and we were on the trail by 0517! zooooooooooom! about 200 yards down the trail I bent over and barfed:P Great way to start off the day!
UP UP UP

There SHE is!

Iceberg lake, 1000 ft below the first climbing pitch.
The first pitch. rockin it
Sky Pilot!!!! the most beautiful flower in the world!
some cool people who passed us
I like this little series of photos because, though it's embarrassing, it portrays how very important it is to be hydrated. I was emotionally crashing.

finally a smile:)
The Summit! "It's not over till you're down."
yes we climbed that! Wow

We were back by 1949 hrs. Another CrossFit success!