We drove to Death Valley from Lone Pine for the day in blistering heat at the end of August 1996 and then went up Mount Whitney via a super chilly bivouac at the well named Iceberg Lake. From there we visited Owens River Gorge for some rock climbing and the weird and wonderful Mono Lake.
Mt Whitney summit John Hossack, Martina, Brian, Steve Wells
Death Valley Devils Golfcourse
Death Valley Badwater Martina John Brian
Leaving Whitney Portal, John, Martina, Brian in the woods
Whitney to Iceberg Lake
Whitney Portal Steve on ascent to Iceberg Lake
Mt Whitney - Brian, Martina, John at Iceberg Lake biviouc
Mt Whitney Martina bivouac
Mt Whitney sunrise
Mt Whitney climb up from Iceberg Lake via 'Mountaineers route', John Martina