Dad of 2 Falls to His Death on Mount Whitney: 'Mother Nature Is Cruel,' Says Sister

Mount Whitney, one of the tallest mountains in the United States, has an elevation of 14,505 feet at the summit ...

Mount Whitney hiker dies after falling off 99 Switchbacks

Also in June, a 14-year-old Santa Clarita boy suffered severe injuries when he began hallucinating and walked off a ledge ...
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Hiker Killed After Slipping and Falling Down Mt. Whitney’s 99 Switchbacks

Severe weather complicated a multi-day effort to recover the body of a hiker who fell to his death along Mt. Whitney's ...

Hiker named after falling to his death on Mount Whitney

A man fell to his death on Mount Whitney over the weekend, Inyo County Search and Rescue reported Monday. According to a ...
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Hiker Dies After Fall From Infamous Mt. Whitney Section

A hiker died after slipping and falling off a cliff on Mount Whitney's infamous 99 Switchbacks section on Saturday. The ...
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2.5-magnitude earthquake shakes Howard County

A 2.5-magnitude earthquake shook Howard County, Maryland, on Monday evening, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake happened at about 5:17 p.m. in Columbia at a depth of nearly 5 miles. It ...
Hanford Sentinel

Mount Whitney has already claimed a hiker's life, weeks into the snow season

The return of winter has already claimed a life on the tallest mountain in the continental United States, with the death of a ...