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Mt. Whitney
White Mountain Range which is the northerly prolongation of the Inyo Range.
We left Foxtail Camp at 6:40 and Langley at 7:55. From Langley we reached the top in 2 hrs. and 45. min, i.e. at 10:40. Started down at 12:10. Got on our mules at 2:20. Reached Foxtail Camp at 3:10.
The name of the man from the esert side is Charles W. Whittock, Olanche, Inyo Co., Calif. I photographed his party in
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Aug. 7, 1900.
the "pass" as he seemed so pleased to have the promise of a picture on Whitney.
The Tamarack is very pitchy. The juniper wood is also often exceedingly heavy with pitch. The Tamarack is everywhere - everywhere you get high enough.
The deer that we saw at Junction Camp was in the full velvet. There is often discussion as to when this occurs on a male.
The bears killed were brown and cinnamon - both
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