Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I left the Whitney Portal Trailhead right at midnight, the sheer granite gorge brightening under another starry night in ...

Taylor Rodriguez, a San Antonio resident, drove to Mount Whitney in California from Texas for a solo climb, reports say. Photo by Nico via Unsplash A 29-year-old Texas man who tried to climb icy Mount ...

A hiker has been found dead after attempting to climb Mount Whitney in California despite their companion turning back. On Wednesday, Jan. 21, the Inyo County Search & Rescue confirmed in a post on ...

The final stretch of our climb to the top of California’s historic snowpack was so steep only the front points of our crampons were in contact with the mountain. Beneath our heels was nothing but air.