Mt Whitney.... who knows what is up with the horse

I spent 3 nights in Lone Pine(March 2-4). It is a nice enough small town in the hot arid valley between the eastern Sierras and Death Valley/Inyo Mountains.

The thing I found most amazing about this area is the immense wall of mountains that lie what feels like a mile to the west. I mean Mt Whitney is 14,494ft tall. Lone Pine is at an elevation of ~4000ft. That means mountains rise 10000+ ft in less than 20 miles. Pictures cannot capture the scale of this area. Part of me wants to come back, sit on top of one of the craggy peaks and see how much of the US I can see. It must feel like one wrong step and you would fall all the way to Main Street up there.

Oh and don’t ask about the horse, I have no idea. I think they sold 2nd hand clothes in the building. It must be left over from a previous owner.