High Sierra Trail
Read MoreLong exposure of a foxtail pine tree
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Crossing Sky Parlor Meadow with the Kaweah range in the background
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Joost getting nicely sunburnt at 11000 feet. Photo credit: Marcel Daniëls
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A well-deserved treat: dark chocolate cheesecake!
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Hitchcock Basin, the beginning of the end: a shot from our nightly ascent of Mount Whitney, the highest point of our hike, and the contiguous US for that matter. The colors on the horizon are from air glow, fire and even city lights 100 miles away. The summit of Whitney is just out of the frame on the right, and you can see the lights of some of the other hikers starting to get ready for their ascent at the lower elevations.
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First view from the summit: alpenglow on Mount Whitney, stars in the sky. You can see the curvature of the earth!
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Marcel capturing sunrise while wearing all of his clothes
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No biggie: Marcel taking photographs of the sunrise from the summit of Mount Whitney
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Shooting sunrise at the highest point in the contiguous US. Photo credit: Marcel Daniëls
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Mount Hale and many other peaks, including Thunder Mountain and Mount Brewer, plus the belt of Venus
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Sierra Nevada sunrise from the highest point in the contiguous US
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Looking down towards Lone Pine and the White Mountains
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The hut on top of Mount Whitney
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Descending after a nightly climb of Mt. Whitney. Photo credit: Marcel Daniëls
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