Posted by butterfingers...
This is a copy of a post i did on the mt. whitney board. I usually do whitney once a month to stay in shape and am heading out again the 18th of this month. FUN THINGS TO DO ON YOUR WHITNEY HIKE. 1. Buy a pack of camel filterless cigarettes, and light one up just before you pass someone on the trail.(don’t inhale) I used to save this one for people that would speed up when they knew you were going to pass them. 2. At a rest brake, or any time you can get away with it, sneak a couple of rocks in your partner’s backpack. 3. Shortly before the summit, put on a pair of beach flip flops and give your daypack to your partner. Act liked you just walked up carrying nothing. 4. If you are doing a day hike, bring a large expedition bag and fill the rest with Styrofoam peanuts in a plastic trash bag (make the pack look huge) then blow by the line of people going up on the trail. Extra points if you are smoking a camel filterless cigarette. 5. This wouldn’t work on Whitney, but is good for other summits. Wake up way before light and drag up an old dilapidated rusty beach cruiser bicycle to the top of a popular mountain bike trail. Wait for the local iron men to show up wearing helmets and looking like gypsy rodeo clowns. Ask for directions someplace far away. Extra points for smoking a camel and wearing foot flops. 6. Tie a long thin string to your partners’ tent when they are not paying attention. After they are in bed pull the string from your tent every so often. Don’t answer if they ask if you heard anything.