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One entry per trip. Some trips bag one summit, some bag three, and some peaks get climbed more than once. The honest numbers live here.

2026
Trip 3 · August 20-22, 2026 · Two summits
Mt. Langley + Mt. Russell
Cottonwood Lakes to Whitney Portal, solo. Langley the long way round, then Russell's knife-edge traverse from the North Fork. Peaks 3 and 4 of 15.
36.60 mi 11,992' elevation gain 22:06:29 on the clock
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Trip 2 · August 9, 2026 · Two summits
Mt. Whitney + Mt. Muir
Whitney Trail from the Portal, with the unmarked scramble to Muir off Trail Crest. Storm-shifted start, and the first peak of the project with company. Peak 2 of 15.
21.92 mi 6,936' elevation gain 12:06:33 on the clock
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August 1, 2026 · One summit
San Jacinto Peak
Deer Springs Trail out of Idyllwild. The quiet way up the second-tallest peak in SoCal.
19.03 mi 5,420' elevation gain 7:46:15 on the clock
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July 3, 2026 · One summit
San Gorgonio Peak
Vivian Creek route. The last SoCal test before Sierra season.
17.05 mi 5,620' elevation gain 7:18:42 on the clock
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June 13, 2026 · One summit
Mt. Baldy
Second lap, run instead of hiked. Same loop, 72 minutes faster.
10.42 mi 4,012' elevation gain 3:59:05 on the clock
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May 16, 2026 · One summit
Half Dome
Happy Isles to the cables and back, with Drake. Dark start on the Mist Trail, and a crowd on the way out worse than Disneyland.
17.18 mi 5,909' elevation gain 7:21:05 on the clock
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May 2, 2026 · One summit
Mt. Wilson
Second lap, about an hour quicker than the first.
14.75 mi 4,573' elevation gain 4:33:30 on the clock
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2025
Trip 1 · July 8, 2025 · One summit
Mt. Whitney
The whole project started here. Single-day push to the highest point in the lower 48. Peak 1 of 15.
22.1 mi 7,267' elevation gain 11:29:08 on the clock
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June 8, 2025 · One summit
Mt. Baldy
Devil's Backbone loop. The second SoCal warm-up before Whitney a month later.
10.46 mi 3,927' elevation gain 5:11:25 on the clock
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May 24, 2025 · One summit
Mt. Wilson
The first SoCal warm-up. Where the training started getting serious.
14.21 mi 4,665' elevation gain 5:34:31 on the clock
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