One Best Hike: Mt. Whitney
1st EDITION September 2008
2nd printing 2011
Copyright © 2008 by Elizabeth Wenk
Cover photos copyright © 2008 by Elizabeth Wenk
Interior photos, except where noted, © 2008 by Elizabeth Wenk
Cover design: Larry B. Van Dyke
Book design: Andreas Schueller and Larry B. Van Dyke
ISBN 978-0-89997-464-4
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Front cover photos: Top: Mt. Whitney as seen from the Whitney Portal Road; Middle: The Smithsonian Instiution summit shelter; Bottom: Hiking up the 99 switchbacks, through a section blasted into a cliff face
Back cover photos: Top: A pinnacle near Trail Crest; Bottom: Trail Camp is a beautiful high-elevation campsite
Frontispiece: Mt. Whitney viewed from the Whitney Portal Road in the Alabama Hills
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