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Bark Eater - Sep 29, 2014 11:37 am - Voted 10/10
A similar experienceWe decided to climb Mt. Muir on a whim after reaching the top of Whitney in 2010. Only problem was that we picked the wrong needle. Didn't realize that we were on top of the wrong one until we were at the top. We were too far south on an unnamed needle. Now I'm curious, from what I recall our vantage of the switchbacks was identical to what you show..pretty much right on top of them. Was the summit register a metal band-aid box, or something more substantial?
Diesel - Sep 29, 2014 11:44 am - Hasn't voted
Re: A similar experienceYes it was a metal box. I just uploaded a picture of it although it is not very distinctive from other ones anywhere else. I also uploaded a picture of the green book/ registry.
hightinerary - Sep 29, 2014 12:04 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: A similar experienceNo, Muir's box is more substantial than a Band-Aid box. Now I'm curious about what you climbed. It must have been between Muir and Trail Crest. I climbed something in that area that I think is called Trail Crest Tower, but I could find no register there.
Diesel - Sep 29, 2014 12:18 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: A similar experienceI'm pretty sure I was on Muir. All the entries from the climber's log were referring to Muir. Unless everybody that sign that log was wrong, including the GPS, than I was in the right place.
hightinerary - Sep 29, 2014 12:24 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: A similar experienceI believe you were on Mt. Muir, but Bark Eater wasn't.
Bark Eater - Sep 29, 2014 12:37 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: A similar experienceThanks, guys. I'm sure you were on Muir. Just got caught off guard by your view of the switchbacks. Here's my trip report from 2010, if you want the reference. From the topo. map what we were up on was unnamed. In trying to identify it I think I suggested "Trail Crest Tower" on the whitney portal page. Nice it might have caught on! :-)
http://www.summitpost.org/the-boys-take-a-climbing-trip/643430
hightinerary - Sep 29, 2014 12:46 pm - Hasn't voted
HomeworkYou must go back and climb everything between Mt. Whitney and Trail Crest.