Desert Mountain. Trail Crest and Lee Flat

For Detailed information about permits for and climbing Mt. Whitney, check out my full length overnight to the summit video. There is extensive info in the description and comments, click here..    • Mt. Whitney Overnight Backpacking   LINKS BELOW will skip you ahead to various points of interest.. Was hoping to get Roxana up to Trail Crest this year but she could not get the time off for this one so one Sept 16, 2017 i drove all night by myself... September 17, 2017... After picking up my permit in Lone Pine, we'll head out to Lee Flat, have a chance run in with the L2H crew, and take a look around. (search L2H for more info and videos). 2:07 Mt. Whitney Trailhead Campground 3:44 begin hike at 3am September 18, 2017 4:30 daylight on the mountain 5:43 Trail Camp and marmots 8:33 up the "99 switchbacks" 9:36 view of the Mount Whitney Summit Shelter 9:53 Trail Crest 13,600ft. Views of the Sierra Nevada to the West, Hitchcock Lakes and Guitar Lake below us 12:15 sketchy ice crossing 13:05 Lone Pine Lake, almost done... 13:51 morning in Lee Flat... High Desert Joshua Tree Forest... 15:19 water collection ponds in a dry lake 16:10 Fighter Jets in Rainbow Canyon, the "Jedi Transition"... waited 2 hours but we got 2 in a row. i'll edit when i recall what the first jet is, second jet is an F/A-18 ... Jedi Transition 9-19-2017 ... Jet exiting the Jedi Transition is also an F/A-18 17:16 and one more.. Don't Blink! For much higher quality videos of the Fighter Jets in Rainbow Canyon, the "Jedi Transition" please search "Jedi Transition" on youtube. Thanks For Watching!