"A nice day for a first time on Mt Whitney. I was solo this day, so didn't quite finish my attempts of Discovery Pinnacle & Mt Muir. I wasn't familiar with the nontechnical routes and wasn't quite comfortable attempting the routes I found on my own. The trip across the chockstones at the very end of Keeler Needle is quite scary, if not especially difficult. Thousands of feet of exposure greets you on both sides of a narrow ledge. The views from Mt Whitney were nice, though I think I may have preferred the view from Mt Langley." — sareine • Aug 4, 2020

"night time start at 3:45 am and chose to get dropped off instead of trying to find a parking spot in the crowded lot. Ran into 6 glowing eyes at 9500 ft, thankfully they were just deer. Got to the lone pone lake junction at 4:45a, outpost camp at 5:08, trail camp at 6:15 for a beautiful California sunrise. Topped out at the crest at 7:30 and immediately headed for discovery pinnacle. Ten minutes later stood onto of the pinnacle. Then dropped down to the JMT and climbed up the west face of Mount Muir unroped with no protection. Probably not the smartest decision but made it up and down ok. 8:30a After lowering my heart rate back down went ahead and finished the traverse to Mount Whitney. Made it to the summit of the highest point in the lower 48 at 9:30 and felt great. Spent half an hour eating and drinking, enjoying the view and signing the register. Decided to hit Keeler Needle on my way down and topped out at 10:30, Aguille Extra finished the day at 10:50 and my legs were finally feeling the altitude. Took my time coming down and was back at the Portal by 3pm. Great day on some amazing granite!" — oregon-mt-goat • Aug 27, 2019

"Day hike to Muir and Whitney (2x) Took a while to get Matt of Muir, but he persisted and did well. On way down I helped initiate an SAR for a woman with cerebral edema. https://hwstock.org/whmu7/" — hwstock • Jul 1, 2007