Roger on the summit highpoint. The group on the right had just topped out from climbing the east face.
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08/29/2009 01:42 PM
Group shot on the summit sign.
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08/29/2009 01:49 PM
Getting some calories before the long hike back down.
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08/29/2009 02:00 PM
Panorama shot looking west from the Whitney summit
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08/29/2009 02:20 PM
The ridgeline south of Whitney. (The trail crosses this ridge and is visible in the full size shot). Keeler Needle is on the near edge, Mt Muir on the far.
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08/29/2009 02:21 PM
I passed by Keeler Needle and on a whim decided to climb the 2nd one (which apparently is Day Needle or Crooks Peak as it was renamed in ~1990)
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08/29/2009 02:40 PM
Scrambling up the talus to the Crooks Peak summit a short distance off of the Whitney Trail.
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08/29/2009 02:44 PM
Panorama Shot from Crooks Peak/Day Needle. Much nicer 360 view from here than from the Whitney summit.
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08/29/2009 02:57 PM
Keeler Needle and the Whitney summit from Crooks Peak
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