Heroscape to summit Mt. Whitney

[jtserick]

I'm climbing Mt. Whitney on September 15. I plan to take 1 figure along and photograph it sitting next to the Geodetic Survey Marker at the summit. So which figure should I take?

[Cavalier]

Drake...he can use his graple gun to help in te climb :P

[Hahnarama]

Traveling Drake

[-Zim-]

Dund

[Avenger]

I would have to bring... a Dzu Teh(is that spelled right?), since they are snowy, mountanish sort of creatures.

[-Zim-]

I would have to bring... a Dzu Teh(is that spelled right?), since they are snowy, mountanish sort of creatures.

I almost said that, but I feel for Dund since he is hardly ever drafted.

[Revdyer]

Tradition says Drake.

[molson]

OK, Drake. Mimring is probably a bit too big, anyway.

[Avenger]

Tradition says Drake. ??? Fill me in...

[Revdyer]

Well, from what I have seen and read (you older hands, please fill this in), Drake has been the figure that people have taken on their various travels and photographed in places all over the country and world; hence he is known as "Traveling Drake," and would be the figure of choice for this. If you look at the "Traveling Drake" thread in the HeroScape General Discussion section you'll find more info.

[-Zim-]

Well, from what I have seen and read (you older hands, please fill this in), Drake has been the figure that people have taken on their various travels and photographed in places all over the country and world; hence he is known as "Traveling Drake," and would be the figure of choice for this. If you look at the "Traveling Drake" thread in the HeroScape General Discussion section you'll find more info.

I am so going to take him to Spain this Winter 8)

[Buddy Lee]

Drake.

No question. No doubt. No other considerations.

'Nuff said.

Buddy Lee

[cbs42]

Oh yeah, that screams out Drake.
If you can, snap a pic of him alone at the top of a high dropoff. (snap from above him looking down, of course)

That's kind of a neat idea, actually. Taking a HS fig along with you to exotic locations and snapping their pic. Too bad the most exotic place I ever go is Huber-tucky. (Dayton area residents will love that joke -- well, maybe not the folks in Huber Heights, but they don't count)
:D

[jtserick]

Looks like Drake it will be. Maybe I'll have time to use some paint and bondo and give him a backpack and some trekking poles.

[Jandars_Hope]

Looks like Drake gets the majority vote! so i will vote Drake aswell!

[Revdyer]

Drake is this century's Kilroy. <wry grin>

[TC McQueen]

How about Khosumet in all of his glory. Then at least he will have done somethng worthwhile in his pathetic life.

But if you don't feel sorry enough for the guy take Drake

[markwars]

Drake

[K/H_Addict]

ekarD

[CupidsArt]

DRAKE!

All the way Baby, thanks for doing this, it's great entertainment for the rest of us, :D YAY!

[gibberish_47]

Drake. If you don't take him, there will be an angry mob waiting at the bottom of the mountain to greet you as you climb down. :twisted:

I should have brought Drake when I went to the Bighorns. :cry:

[ken kruel]

I would have to take Syvarris , his bow would come in handy if you run across a bear or worse a yetii

[reapersaurus]

is Drake like the "Roaming Gnome" of Heroscape? :lol:

Great idea, BTW. :thumbsup:

Of course, if it was in winter, a Dzu-Teh would be thematic.... ;)

[Gambit]

i always have liked drake anyway so.....

[Hahnarama]

I tried to take some pics of "Traveling Drake" back in NYC in May. He's just too damn small to show up, unless you take a macro pic. If so you don;t see the location.

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

I'm climbing Mt. Whitney on September 15. I plan to take 1 figure along and photograph it sitting next to the Geodetic Survey Marker at the summit. So which figure should I take?

You're doing Whitney?!?
:bowdown: YOU LUCKY DUCK!
Have a great time, be safe, and take lots of pictures!

How long have you been training for this adventure?
How many of you are going?
How many days?


How could you even ask which figure to bring?!? :headshake:
DRAKE!
http://www.glasq.com/gary/heroscape/avatars/drake_tr.gif

[Fallen Templar]

Drake

[jtserick]

I'm climbing Mt. Whitney on September 15. I plan to take 1 figure along and photograph it sitting next to the Geodetic Survey Marker at the summit. So which figure should I take?

You're doing Whitney?!?
:bowdown: YOU LUCKY DUCK!
Have a great time, be safe, and take lots of pictures!

How long have you been training for this adventure?
How many of you are going?
How many days?


How could you even ask which figure to bring?!? :headshake:
DRAKE!
http://www.glasq.com/gary/heroscape/avatars/drake_tr.gif

I haven't been training nearly enough. I have a group of 4 friends who also did a cross Grand Canyon Trek in May. I couldn't join them for that because I moved my business and had no time for training. In June they started their high altitude Training by climbing Mt. Baldy. I joined them just for a lark and while I did not get to the summit I surprised myself at how well I did do. I did well enough on subsequent hikes that I thought I had a shot at making it to the summit of Whitney.

Problem is that their permit is for entry and exit at Whitney Portal and they had no extra room on their permit. The quota for their time period is of course completely full. I was able to get a permit for entry at another trailhead. So "officially" I am hiking in by myself to the backcountry on a Sunday at a trailhead 20 miles away, I will "officially" hike down to Whitney Portal on Wednesday to resupply, then I will "officially" go back into the wilderness on Thursday when my friends are entering. Then we will all attempt the summit on Friday and exit on Saturday.

My feet and legs are in OK condition. My problem at this point is stamina. I simply am needing to take many more rest stops and must hike at a slower pace than my friends. Hopefully hitting the trail an hour or two earlier than my friends will get me to the base camp and summit at about the same time. Whitney trail is so busy, I'm not worried about hiking by my lonesome.

Even if I don't make it, I'll prevail on one of them to take Drake to the summit and get a picture.

[Kahrma]

Good luck! Don't forget to add Drake to the register!

(tries to hide his jealousy - damn I love hiking in Cali)

(damn that stupid language filter)

[jtserick]

Drake and I are hitting the road in about 4 hours with Permit in hand. Drake says he don't need no stinkin backpack, trekking poles or water filter. Fine, when he gets Giardia he better not come to me for Pepto Bismol.

[Neveryll]

I can picture the shot of him on a really pointy rock off the mountain with the chat bubble of .... "WTF! No way I can get down from here thats gotta be at least 10 trillion height... :p"

[jtserick]

Sgt Drake reaches the Whitney summit despite a dastardly sneak attack by Nilfheim. Jtserick and the rest of his squad are forced to retreat in the face of ice storms and howling winds.

I've got much to catch up on at work. Pictures to come later. I'll try to weave them into a cohesive story.

[Revdyer]

Congratulations on your summit heights!

[Dragonslayer]

Very looking forward to pics :)

[jtserick]

Now that I've figured out how to use the gallery (I think) I'll start to post the record of our summit attempt.


This is what we encountered as we pulled into Lone Pine and headed up Whitney Portal Road.



http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10150/Its_supposed_to_be_a_sunny_day.jpg
Hey I thought it was supposed to be a sunny day?

Well I guess I have figured out the gallery and posting images. Many Thanks Cavalier

[Cavalier]

Now that I've figured out how to use the gallery (I think) I'll start to post the record of our summit attempt.


This is what we encountered as we pulled into Lone Pine and headed up Whitney Portal Road.



http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/displayimage.php?album=random&cat=10150&pos=-2948
Hey I thought it was supposed to be a sunny day?
http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10150/Its_supposed_to_be_a_sunny_day.bmp

Well I thought I'd figured out the gallery and posting images but I guess I haven't. What am I doing wrong?

you are posting links to the page, not the image. You need to find out the exact image files address, which will end in .jpg or such. (right click on the image in the gallery and choose properties....copy the info that ends in the file name and put that between the image tags.

Oh, and as far as I know, bmp (bitmap) files won't work. You need to save the as jpegs, png or gif files (may be others, but I know those work)

[jtserick]

Rising at dawn at Whitney Portal Campground....

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10150/002_This_is_more_like_it.jpg
This is more like it!

[jtserick]

Before we break camp and head to the trailhead


http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10150/normal_003Sharing_our_meager_rations.jpg
Sharing our ration of meagers

[Fourshadow]

Trained on Mt. Baldy, did you? I'm rather familiar with Mt. Baldy. I spent 4 months in Upland and I made at least a monthly trip hiking Mt. Baldy--loved it! Iddylwild was fun too, near Hemet.....of course that was about 15 years ago.

Did Drake enjoy himself?

[jtserick]

Trained on Mt. Baldy, did you? I'm rather familiar with Mt. Baldy. I spent 4 months in Upland and I made at least a monthly trip hiking Mt. Baldy--loved it! Iddylwild was fun too, near Hemet.....of course that was about 15 years ago.

Did Drake enjoy himself?

Drake had a grand old time. Things got a little testy when the mountaineering route split off from the main trail but I'm getting ahead of myself in the narrative...

[Jandars_Hope]

Before we break camp and head to the trailhead


http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10150/normal_003Sharing_our_meager_rations.jpg
Sharing our ration of meagers

did drake really share or did he eat all of that?

[Dragonslayer]

How much weight did Drake gained on that trip? After meals like that and being carried all the way...
Cool pics, more please :up:

[jtserick]

After our hearty breakfast of meager rations (of which Drake ate more than his share but we did not tell him so) we gathered at the trailhead
http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10150/normal_005Mustering_at_the_trailhead.jpg
All right grunts, line up here!

And we studied the handy trail map, planning our route

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10150/006_Trail_Map.jpg

[noodles]

What a fun thread.

[jtserick]

So we proceeded on up the trail.

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10150/normal_007_Storm_Clouds_Gather_around_the_summit.jpg
Up ahead, storm clouds began to gather once again

We pushed on

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10150/normal_008_Log_Crossing.jpg
Crossing the Log Bridge


http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10150/normal_009_Resting_on_a_log.jpg
And One of our party members paused to rest on yet another
handy log, strange how many of these there are in the forest!

[Dragonslayer]

Cool! More plz :D

[jtserick]

So we trudged on up the mountain

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10150/normal_009a_Whitney_Portal_Disappears.jpg
Whitney Portal dropped from view
below the ridge.

We came to a signpost

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10150/normal_010_Wilderness_Sign.jpg

The cutoff trail for the Mountaineers route was close by. A certain member of our party insisted on taking that trail...

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10150/normal_10a_Drake_Pouts.jpg
Pout all you want, if you didnt bring enough
grapple guns for everybody we're not
going that way.

[CornPuff]

:rofl: This is great

[noodles]

I love it...can't wait for the next installment.

[happyjosiah]

Awesome!

[feekonea]

this is really funny.

[jtserick]

At last we reached the first Milestone, Point #2 on the trail map

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10150/normal_012_Lone_Pine_Lake.jpg
Lone Pine Lake, 2.8 miles in

Next we came to the edge of the Whitney Zone

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10150/normal_011_Whitney_Zone.jpg
"Time for all you wimps to turn back" Drake barked

Next stop, Lunch at Outpost Meadow, Milepost #3

[jtserick]

After the next set of baby 10% grade switchbacks (just a mere 500 foot climb in 1 mile) it was time for a lunch break.

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10150/normal_019_Looking_Back_at_Oupost.jpg
Outpost Meadow, 3.8 miles in, 10,400 ft altitude

We admired the free flowing waterfall as we dropped our packs, put up our feet and ate our tuna and trail mix.

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10150/normal_014_waterfall_-_nonfrozen.jpg

Drake was strangely interested in markings on the rocks near the waterfall.

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10150/normal_015_Talon_Marks_2.jpg
"Look like frakkin talon scratches" Drake muttered