Mt. Whitney Portal Store & Hostel Forums General Mt. Whitney Portal Store Message Board Mt. Whitney Summitted Barefoot #3

Video here:

http://barefootted.com/2007/08/mt-whitney-summitted-barefoot.html

Last month while climbing Gorgonio, highest peak in SoCal, I suggested to Larry that he should try climbing Mt. Whitney barefoot. He had read of my previous successes, and as a 10 year barefooting veteran, I knew he was up to it.

Well, that's exactly what we did.

Larry and his family got a camp space in Lone Pine Campground, got some permits and gave me a call. I was still a little sore after Friday night's all-night run, but could not think of turning down a chance to climb Whitney again.

I drove up from LA on Monday evening, had a bite to eat, went to bed, got up at 4am, started hiking by around 5:20am, got down by 2pm and was back on the road to LA by around 4pm and home by around 7pm. That is a LONG day.

Per usual, I went up barefoot and came down wearing FiveFingers. Larry came down wearing his BFT Huaraches. I got up and down in about 9 hours. It was a fantastic day.

Looking forward to climbing again. I am even thinking about attempting a dual summit climb, i.e., climbing to the summit twice in one day. Dreaming.

Enjoy.

BFT
Barefoot Ted's Adventures
www.BarefootTed.com

My hat's off to you, Ted.

I would have said "my shoes are off to you," but that wouldn't mean much to you, would it?

Ted,what an incredible feet! Neat video. Congrats on the accomplishment...and feat!

Tough feet you guys must have!!! Congrats on the great time you made! WOW! Imagine if you were wearing Nike Air Max 360's...you might have shaved off a few hours!

Great job!
MC

Actually, I am sure that we would have been much slower if we had worn shoes.

Both he and I started barefooting because of problems with supportive shoes. Go figure.

BFT

PS. My best time, barefoot or otherwise, is 3:45 to the summit.