Bob and Dave
at the Top

1987

Our Hike

We barely made it to the top.  We drove up to Lone Pine the day before and started our hike about 4 am after the drive up to Whitney Portal from Lone Pine.

I (Dave) had a horrible altitude sickness headache by the time we reached Trail Crest because of the lack of acclimatization..

We stopped for lunch and then Bob started towards the peak.  I had not even considered the possibility of continuing the hike with what was easily the worst headache of my life, but when I saw Bob fired up to go on, I went with him.

We made it to the top in about two hours.  We got back to Whitney Portal well after dark.

A few days later, Bob told me he couldn't believe I intended to go on to the top from Trail Crest.  He had a horrible altitude sickness headache and he was joking about continuing. When he saw that I intended to keep going he just went along, and that's how two mutually deluding brothers made it to the top in 1987.