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I woke up before dawn from another frigid night of restless sleep. Despite wearing every piece of clothing I brought with me (inside of my sleeping bag), the ultralight tarp shelter and sleep system I packed for our 10-day ski traverse through the southern end of the East Sierra was only barely cutting it. This final night’s camp at almost 13,000’ of elevation on the shores of the frozen Tulainyo Lake was perhaps the coldest of them all. I couldn’t wait to get moving and crest the high pass between Mounts Russell and Carillon, where the sun hard out of the east would erase the short term memories of the long, chill night.
From the broad bench below the Russell-Carillon Pass, Mount Whitney, the tallest mountain in the lower 48, stands tall in all it’s granitic glory, flanked on its south by a proud line of lieutenants from Keeler Needle to Mount Muir. From our high perch, we watched a line of climbers move with ant-like resolve up the iconic Mountaineer’s Route, eventually appearing as tiny specs atop the highest point in the range, and far beyond.
Captured in late April during a record season of snowfall in the Sierra Nevada, the mountain was still the domain of skiers and snow-climbers. Later in the season, another breed of climber will arrive, scaling the immaculate east-facing granite spires of the Whitney massif in what is truly one of the world’s great alpine playgrounds.
Date & Time | April 29, 2023: 7:31am |
Location | Mount Whitney, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California |
Coordinates | 36.578520, -118.291990 |
Focal Length | 115mm |
Aperture | f/7.1 |
Shutter | 1/2500 |
ISO | 100 |
Num of Exposures | 22 |
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Total Pixels | 263,330,496 px |
Width | 20,016 px |
Height | 13,156 px |
Aspect Ratio | 1.52 : 1 |
Date & Time | April 29, 2023: 7:31am |
Location | Mount Whitney, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California |
Coordinates | 36.578520, -118.291990 |
Focal Length | 115mm |
Aperture | f/7.1 |
Shutter | 1/2500 |
ISO | 100 |
Num of Exposures | 22 |
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