View to the west from near Wyman Creek on the Valley floor. The heavy water year in the winter of 1969, as well as the flood, led to abundant plant life in the Valley later that year. Some mud from the flood visible in the foreground.
Karen Davidson, faculty spouse, smiles at the improved weather on the latter part of our week-long trip from Whitney Portal to Onion Valley via the John Muir Trail
(left to right) Danny Ihara (DS64, TASP factotum), Jan Vleck DS69, Karen Davidson (faculty spouse), and Denis Clark DS69 at Trail Crest on the Mt Whitney Trail. Cold snow weather prevented going on to the summit, and instead we descended to Crabtree…
(front to back) Jan Vleck DS69, Danny Ihara DS64 (TASP factotum), Karen Davidson (faculty spouse), and Mike Davidson (TASP faculty) hike along Crabtree Creek west of Mt Whitney
Danny Ihara DS64 (TASP factotum), Karen Davidson (faculty spouse) and Jan Vleck DS69 prepare breakfast in camp at Crabtree Meadows. The weather getting here, over the pass from Whotney Portal, had been quite cold.