Ascending Mount Whitney via Crabtree Lakes - Southern Sierra High Route (PT. 2)

[@mikesadventures]

Excellent trail report - I must say your video technique is far better than 95% trekkers/explorers. Thanks

[@1fromoctober]

I thank you for this videos I usually hike just for a few hours Never done overnight but This makes me wanna try Keep the good trail report Peace

[@trvrsoutdoors]

Thank you! I'm glad I could inspire you. Get out there.

[@HuskyMike]

Nice video. Planning on heading into Miter Basin this year, hopefully. FYI- @3:14 "The Dreaded Sandhill" 🙂 I came down that from Discovery Pass and continued down Crabtree Basin. Would not want to go up that hill.

[@trvrsoutdoors]

Thank you! I'm starting to get better at adding titles/captions when I can't remember names of things. Its so hard to be a presenter when my brain is working on overdrive to just move. I feel the same way, and I think its because its name has sand in it. That is exactly why I chose the alternate.

[@HuskyMike]

@@trvrsoutdoors Same here. I chose a trip so I'd heading down that hill. You're a much more advanced backpacker than I am which is why I like watching people like you take these trips. I can gauge what is doable for me by seeing how you handle things. I hope people appreciate the work that goes into these types of videos. Setting up the camera, walking back down the trail (or scree slope, boulder garden etc) then walking back up. Then the editing....

[@trvrsoutdoors]

@@HuskyMike most everyone's been extremely kind. Thanks. It's a ton of work, but it doesn't feel like it when it's so enjoyable.

[@camerondomaska9955]

Great job bro!!! Just curious. How did you handle the permit for the day you spent in the Whitney zone?

[@trvrsoutdoors]

I talked to a ranger who notified me that my permit for the Sierra High Route allowed me into the Whitney Zone. However, I also happened to nab a permit for the Whitney Zone before I found that out. Double lucky!

[@woopdewoopish]

Did the dreaded sand hill last season. Would not recommend. Brutal

[@trvrsoutdoors]

Yeah that thing did not look fun...This route wasn't either, but I didn't slide all that much. Just a few sections.