What was supposed to be a bonding hike between a father and son quickly turned into a terrifying ordeal. Fourteen-year-old ...

Located in the central Sierra Nevada with a summit reaching 14,500 feet (4,420 meters), Mount Whitney is the highest point in the U.S. outside Alaska. newsday-tv-logo Streaming Now ...

It is unclear whether the father and son reached the summit, but any travelers reaching altitudes of 8,000 feet — sometimes lower — are susceptible to altitude sickness and symptoms.

In 1909, using a grant from the Thomas George Hodgkins Fund, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory erected a shelter atop Mount Whitney, California, for astrophysical researchers. Smithsonian ...

U.S. 6th Fleet flagship USS Mount Whitney is on the Navy’s shortlist for decommissioning. ... I have to be able to have the ability to simultaneously do it from one location,” Anderson said.

A 14-year-old is conscious and moving after he fell while hiking near Mt. Whitney in California and was treated at a Las ...

A devastating hiking accident on Mount Whitney has left a 14-year-old California boy clinging to life after altitude-induced ...

It’s located in Sequoia National Park, about an 80-mile drive southeast from Fresno. Sheriff’s officials ask anyone on Mount Whitney between Dec. 30 and Jan. 2 who may have seen Rodriguez to ...

Two climbers reported missing on California's towering Mount Whitney have been found dead, officials said Thursday, May, 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Melley, File) By The Associated Press ...

Two climbers reported missing on California's towering Mount Whitney have been found dead, officials said Thursday, May, 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Melley, File) By The Associated Press ...

Two climbers reported missing on California's towering Mount Whitney have been found dead, officials said Thursday, May, 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Melley, File) By The Associated Press ...