Moon rise at the switchback going up to Whitney Portal after 6.5 hour drive

Alpenglow after a 5:15AM start time.

North fork mountaineering route leaves the main trail

Lower Boy Scout Lake drainage before sunrise (long exposure)

Tree line at the drainage

Alpenglow around 6AM, thin layer of smoke from forest fires to the south

Proof I was there, just before the Ebersbachers Ledges

The sun finally shows up at 6:10

Grouse and her babies right before leaving the mountaineering route

Leaving the MR up the creek that joins the Carillon Creek valley

Tranquillity base

The valley below Carillon (which is mostly obscured by the lesser peak on the left)

The Keeler Needles to the southwest

Thor to the south

Well above the treeline now going in to the box canyon

I'm sorry I didn't take picture from within the box canyon but I was greeted by this view of Tunnabora when I reached the top of the very steep scree and rock chute (I didn't intend to pop out of the south chute of the 3 but since this was an exlporatory

Mt. Russell to the west (Marcus, Eli and I climbed that last year which gave inspiration to this alternate route)

Lake Tulainyo, one of the highest named lakes in the USA (12,802')

After checking out the middle chute, I made a straight line up the summit (mostly class 3 with some 5.6 moves). At the very top of this photo you can see the north wall of the south chute.

Facing north, you can see the 3 chutes leading up to Tulainyo

Looking down the face I just came up towards the box canyon and little lake.

Mt. Carillon via the direct route, 13,552', one vertical mile from Whitney Portal

East Mt. Russell from Carillon

East face of Mt. Whitney and the Needles (the next challenge, East Face vertical climb)

To the south, Mt. Langley in the distance (my next 14'er cross country climb) and Candle Light and Irvine

Whitney from Lower Boy Scout Lake (yet again) after descending the Carillon Russell saddle

Close up of Whitney, this time I down climbed the slabs in the right of frame rather than the trad MR in the boulder field.