Disney Meadow

Thursday, June 5
Mile 767, Crabtree Meadow

Sunset over Crabtree Meadows

The Zone, T-Bow and I all felt the altitude this morning. Up until last night, we did the hike high, sleep low technique for dealing with all our elevation gain, and it's worked. But we camped at 11,300 ft last night and were moving pretty slow. When we got to our lunch spot 2,000 ft lower, we were giddy with oxygen. Here's the product, after finding some (only canned) food left for hikers from last winter's snow surveyor:

The Zone gettin closer yo Whitneyland!

Our base camp for tomorrow's Whitney summit, Crabtree Meadow, makes me feel like I'm in a Disney movie. A wide green expanse with snowy peaks standing close guard, birds warbling from old pines, does grazing peacefully in the sunset, marmots frolicking within arm's reach as I scoop water from a clear, bubbling brook stocked with trout. I kid you not, it is that idyllic.

So ready to be on top of Whitney tomorrow morning.