Athletes
Route
Route variation
with Whitney summit
Gender category
Male
Style
Unsupported
Start date
Finish date
Total time
1d
0h
58m
0s
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The first speed run of the entire HST (including Whitney) of which we are aware was done by Brian Robinson and Peter Bakwin, starting at Whitney Portal at 4:45AM on 19 August 2010. Splits from their 24h58m trip are below. Robinson was unable to train at altitude and had difficulty on Whitney, which cost a lot of energy and left him calorically depleted. The pair soldiered on, but took a wrong turn at around 2AM just 6 miles from Crescent Meadow, adding about 2 hours to their trip. They recorded splits as follows:
Whitney Portal 0h00m
Trail Crest 3h01m
Mt Whitney 3h57m
Trail Crest 4h46m
Wallace Creek (JMT junction) 7h40m
Lower Kern Canyon 10h50m
Kaweah Gap 16h19m
Bearpaw Meadow 19h24m
Crescent Meadow 24h58m