PCT day 36 - mile 766 to mile 778 (Mt Whitney)
"Wherever you go. There you are." [graffiti on the shelter wall on top of Mt Whitney] People were telling me when I said I enjoy the desert section of PCT "just wait until Sierras" and I was just nodding my head. Sure mountains are beautiful but the desert surprised me with its many faces. Then after leaving Kennedy Meadows, Sierras were quite beautiful but nothing outstanding, until today. I wish i could split this day into two separate days, as there was so much to take in. All the way through it I felt simultaneously as I was in Disney movie, on a different planet or that it all just wasn't real. Sadly no amount of pictures or words will be able to describe it fully, but I'll do my best. I woke up forty five minutes past midnight and begun the night ascent of Mount Whitney the highest point on the entire Pacific Crest Trail. It has been timed do reach the summit by the sunrise, many other hikers decided to do the same thing and I could see their torches g...