June 10, 2002
in lone pine
i went south through mojave. took some pictures of all the mothballed airplanes. it was a real trip, right behind some random strip mall were near 100 planes of all types and airlines.
worked my way up 395 from there. the next morning i stopped at some random campground to look around and the only other guy in the parking lot was wearing climbing shoes and a helmet. curious because he was by himself i asked if he was rapelling. turns out he was solo aid climbing. i walked down into the volcanic gorge a little later and found him almost ready to start. i sat there watching him for almost two hours and i've got to tell you, it's the slowest kind of climbing i've ever seen. i talked to him when he came down to clean the first half of the route. he told me about the climbing in the alabama hills (near lone pine and mt whitney) and a little bit about aid climbing theory. i took a ton of pictures, they'll be up here real soon now.
in lone pine i stopped at one of the sporting goods stores and bought the climbing guide. it had directions to the blm's free "climbers" campground. i got a permit hike to the top of mt whitney and went up to the campground to relax.
this morning i woke up early and the wind was blowing worse than the day before. i didn't really have everything ready and since the permits are free for walkins i decided to try it again tomorrow. untill then.
Posted by drewish at June 10, 2002 01:31 PMComments
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