We had to turn back at 11,900 feet last week due to hail & lightning, so we drove back up from Vegas this weekend to finish the job!

We started at 1230am from Whitney Portal. We took the trail up & reached the summit of Mount Muir soon after sunrise. We were feeling good, so instead of going directly to Mount Whitney, we decided to climb all of the needles along the way!

In all, we climbed Mount Muir, S'Brutal Tower, Aiguille Junior, Aiguille du Paquoir, Aiguille Extra, Third Needle, Crooks Peak, Keeler Needle and Mount Whitney, in that order!!!

From there, we took a brief rest, then headed back down the trail, trying to beat the sunset, since Amber's headlamp batteries were dead & we didn't bring extra.

All in all, we hiked over 23 miles with 8600+ feet of gain in 18.5 hours, reaching the car at 7pm! Yikes!

I would have had some photos to add, but Aiguille du Paquoir ATE my camera. It fell out of my pack at the summit, slid into a crack & completely disappeared :(