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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...
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...
Air France pilot found dead on Mt. Whitney after apparent hiking accident
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA French hiker was found dead on Mt. Whitney after he was reported missing in Paris when he failed...
Hiker set out to climb the tallest mountain in California — then vanished, rescuers say
Fresno Bee via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA hiker has been missing for days after setting out to hike the tallest mountain in California,...
Death Valley toughens up ultra runners like Sacramento’s Ray Sánchez
Fresno Bee McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoIf you’re Ray Sánchez and have completed a grueling 135-mile footrace traversing three mountain...
Missing Hiker Found Dead After 1,000-Foot Fall from Mt. Whitney in California's Sequoia National...
People via Yahoo News· 6 months agoPark officials said Tom Gerbier, an Air France pilot, seemingly fell off a cliff in an area known as...
Air France pilot’s body found at bottom of 1,000-foot cliff in Mount Whitney area
KLAS articles via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe body of a Frenchman who went missing last week was found at the bottom of a cliff at Mt. Whitney...
“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...
Pilot falls to his death in California national park
The Independent via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA French pilot on layover in Los Angeles has fallen 1,000 feet to his death while hiking one of America’s tallest mountains. Tom Gerbier, 38, from...