July 27,2011--Climbed Mt Whitney with Chris!

Chris thought we should continue our tradition of adventurous summer trips after doing Havasupai last summer, so this year we hiked Mt. Whitney! We were lucky to have Tana and Marty in town to stay with the kids from Tuesday afternoon to Wednesday at midnight. We were invited to come on the youth hike as chaperones. However, after all our youth canceled, we got to invite our friends, Scott and Heather to join us! It was such a crazy one day adventure--hiking from 4:15am to 8:25pm up to 14,500 feet and back down again! Hardest thing I have ever done! So glad to have chris there and friends there to support and make it fun! We actually met the youngest hiker at 7 years old to summit the mountain in one day, so that was good motivation to push through. It wasn't a technical hike at all, just continually uphill and so so LONG!! And it was the downhill that really made your knees sore! What a bonding experience that none of us will ever forget!