My wife and I did our first summit of Mt. Whitney.  Rather the popular “one day hike”, we did our more enjoyable “backcountry” trek.   We did it via Horseshoe Meadows, during a 4 day, 4 night trek.
Quickly, All of the pics are on my photo site
Drive up, Sunday, 7/26/09
We arrived to Lone Pine Sunday afternoon [...]