Yesterday, no-permit-required Nov 1st, arrived at Whitney Portal about 8:30 am. No overnight parking spaces above the mostly full Overflow parking lot. Many hikers up and down the trail. Perfect weather. My plan was to do a Zone-2 level hike up to Trail Camp to see how my trail training at that level for the last two months would fair on Whitney. Actually, went really well. Kept my heart rate below 130. About 20% slower but no aches or pains in the tendons, muscles, joints, and ligaments which usually attend me as I push my 72yo body up the tail. Had the Portal Store been open, they would have been quite busy.