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Alec and Laura on Mount Whitney

Alec and Laura made it to the Mount Whitney summit sign in October 2026. I wasn't in this photo. They were up there on a clear, still morning in the high 20s, with early snow sitting between the summit boulders and the peaks behind them dusted white as far as you could see. Laura had traction on her boots, and they were both bundled up.

Whitney is 14,505 feet, the highest point in California and in the lower 48, and I stood at that same sign in July 2023. It was my first state high point.