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Hiking Mt. Whitney to honor my dead brother helped me say goodbye
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe sun started to rise, bathing the Sierra Nevada in a red glow that I had seen only in postcards...
Mt. Whitney: A perilous trek to the top of California's record snowpack
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEven without much snow, the standard spring hike to Mt. Whitney's summit is a punishing ordeal. But...
Bodies recovered on Mt. Whitney after 2 California hikers go missing; victims were couple
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 1 month agoTwo climbers died after going missing while hiking on Mount Whitney, California’s highest peak,...
Steep, icy and 'vicious': How a day of climbing on Mt. Shasta turned deadly
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe couple from Seattle had a taste for adventure but little alpine experience, so they hired...
A climb up Mt. Kilimanjaro before the storied snows turn to dust
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn the second day of a trek to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro, our guide announced we had a problem:...
French pilot falls to his death in California national park
The Independent via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA French pilot on layover in Los Angeles has fallen 1,000 feet to his death while hiking one of...
Column One: A blind woman's journey up a towering California summit
LA Times via Yahoo News· 8 months agoEline Øidvin, center, at the summit of Mt. Langley with guides Ellen MacNary, left, and Therese...
19,000 Feet High on a SUP: How One Athlete Set a World Paddleboard Record
GEARJUNKIE via Yahoo News· 4 months agoOn January 23, Seattle-based adventurer and mountaineer Andrew Hughes established a new SUP world...
10 Things You May Not Know About the Matterhorn
Outside via Yahoo News· 2 years agoClimbing 1. At 4,478 meters (14,692 feet), the Matterhorn is only Western Europe's 12th-highest peak, but it is taller than Mt. Whitney, the highest...
“Stringbean” Joe McConaughy Sets New John Muir Trail FKT
Trail Runner via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis article originally appeared on Trail Runner This Thursday, Joe "Stringbean" McConaughy set a...