Elizabeth Wenk

One Best Hike: Mount Whitney

Everything You Need to Know to Successfully Hike California's Highest Peak

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Produktbeschreibung

This highly informative guide provides readers with everything they need to know about hiking Mount Whitney.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wilderness Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 198g
• ISBN-13: 9780899978321
• ISBN-10: 0899978320
• Artikelnr.: 44559784

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth Wenk has hiked and climbed in the Sierra Nevada with her family since childhood. After she started college, she found excuses to spend every summer in the Sierra, with its beguiling landscape, abundant flowers, and near-perfect weather. During those summers, she worked as a research assistant and completed her Ph.D. thesis research on the effects of rock type on alpine plant distribution and physiology. She lives in Sydney, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION
* Mount Whitney and the Mount Whitney Trail
* Human History
* Natural History
PRECAUTIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS
* Altitude Sickness
* Hypothermia
* Hydration
* Food
* Lightning
* Falling and Knee Problems
* Blisters
* Bears-and Smaller Critters
PREPARATIONS AND PLANNING
* Day Hike vs. Overnight
* When to Go
* Wilderness Permits
* Training
* Considerations for Summiting
* What to Bring
* Getting there
* Lone Pine and Whitney Portal
* Lodging and Camping
* Restaurants
* Outdoor Equipment Shops
HIKING MOUNT WHITNEY
* How long it takes
* Where to Camp
* The Hike Itself
AFTER THE HIKE
RECOMMENDED READING
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR