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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· 11 months agoEven without much snow, the standard spring hike to Mt. Whitney's summit is a punishing ordeal. But...
Want to hike Mt. Whitney this year? Here's how to apply for the lottery
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA hiker at Trail Camp just below the summit of Mt. Whitney. (Mary Forgione) If you're hoping to...
Missing Hiker Found Dead After 1,000-Foot Fall
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 6 months agoTom Gerbier, an Air France pilot reported missing Wednesday, was found Thursday after falling 1,000 feet to his death at California’s Sequoia National...
Washington Climber Found Dead in Olympic National Park
Outside via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis article originally appeared on Climbing On July 20, the National Park Service recovered the...
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...
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...
Huge 5.13+ Added to Mt. Whitney; Beckett Hsin Boulders His Age (14); Winter Ascent of Aguja...
Climbing via Yahoo Sports· 7 months agoTwo days before Connor Herson's autumn semester at Stanford University began, he and Fan Yang...
“Stringbean” Joe McConaughy Sets New John Muir Trail FKT
Outside via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis article originally appeared on Trail Runner This Thursday, Joe "Stringbean" McConaughy set a...
Column One: A blind woman's journey up a towering California summit
LA Times via Yahoo News· 6 months agoEline Øidvin, center, at the summit of Mt. Langley with guides Ellen MacNary, left, and Therese...
