Officials found two hikers dead after they went missing while climbing on Mount Whitney, the tallest mountain in the "lower ...

A pair of mountaineers reported missing after climbing Mount Whitney last week were found dead by searchers and recovered from the peak on a day later, according to the Inyo County Sheriff’s Office.

All travelers who intend on climbing the mountain will need to secure a hiking permit before summiting Mount Whitney. Fees start at $21 per person ($15 for the permit and a $6 online reservation fee).

You could say Dan Weikel dove right into his latest philanthropic endeavor: the Thousand Oaks resident didn’t have any experience swimming long distances when he decided to swim from Catalina Island ...

My hands shook as I texted my husband. I felt unmoored in my body, as if I’d awoken in a different house than the one where I ...

The following article, reprinted in part from the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and written by Professor J. E. Wolf '79, Professor of Petrology and Mineralogy Emeritus, describes an interesting visit ...

He kept this up for years. In 2010, Musiyenko and a co-worker scrambled up 14,505-foot Mount Whitney—a three-day epiphany during which he caught the climbing bug. Joining a Planet Granite gym ...

Mount Whitney, the highest point in the United States at 14,505 ... for protection and preservation before any other park was ...

The new documentary 'Epic Bill' follows Bill Bradley as he climbs mountains, swims seas and runs thousands of miles — for fun.

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The idea for Compete for Causes all started with a trip up Mt. Whitney. After Szekeres and his friends Adam Rhodes, Andre Niemeyer and Mike Coward won a permit to climb Mt. Whitney last spring ...