My father and I won the Mt. Whitney permit lottery!
We hike on Friday, August 31. Flights from Anchorage to Ontario, CA are suprisingly affordable.
As soon as some of this snow melts I can start training! Even though there is a TON of hiking available, I haven't ran across any high elevation hikes yet for acclimation. The mountains right next to Anchorage are only 4-6,000 feet I think. But that makes for some great elevation gain---from about sea level at the trailheads.