Rents, Dear 2004 Journal July 11 Mt. Whitney, Sequoia National Park, Fresno Co., CA Dean & Chandle and I drive to Whitney Portal and hiked up to the summit of Mt. Whitney. I saw some places along the trail where I will check for Hydrornantes on the way back down. We hiked down from the trail crest into Sequoia and camped near Hitchcock Lakes. I didn't see anywhere to look for Hydromantes in the basin around the lakes. July 12 Crabtree, Sequoia National Park, Fresno Co., CA Dean and I hiked to the Crabtree Lakes Basin to collect insects and look for Hydrornantes. I didn't see much good Salamander habitat. We flipped rocks on two seeps on the south side of the basin (36°32'33.8"N, 118°19'14.1"W (8m) NAD27, 3453 m) but found no salamanders. There wasn't much water flowing out of the seeps. There were some larger seeps at the far eastern end of the basin, but they looked rather dry so we didn't go to see them. We camped at Crabtree, and I didn't see any other areas of potential habitat nearby. The weather today was sunny, somewhat cool and very windy. July 17 Bald Mountain, near Shawer Lake, Fresno Co., CA James Russell and I climbed up Bald Mountain to look for Hydrornantes, since one was found there in 1941. We hiked from Donkey Creek Road up to the lookout (37°06'12.6"N, 119°12'19.6"W, (8m), 2309 m NAD27) but didn't find any wet areas to look in. The granite rock looked good for salamanders but it was completely dry, so we didn't search much under rocks.