The towering Mount Whitney, located within California's Sequoia National Park, stands as a challenge that seasoned hikers clad in thick fleece and firm boots eagerly accept come spring and summer.

The mountain's summit elevation is 14,494 feet. As such, scaling Mount Whitney is best left to experienced ... like ice axes in the spring and early summer, but they can likely do without climbing ...

Taylor Rodriguez, a San Antonio resident, drove to Mount Whitney in California from Texas ... who was reported missing Jan. 2, intended to summit the mountain Dec. 30, the Inyo County Sheriff ...

Authorities believe Rodriguez was "attempting to summit Mt. Whitney on December 30, 2024," before he was reported missing on Jan. 2. A search and rescue operation was initiated and authorities sought ...

He changed his original travel plan and decided to summit Mt. Whitney, which stands at over 14,000 feet. ALSO READ: Wild West of THC: Texas hemp shops can sell weed and 'no one's gonna stop ...

By Lori Carlson, Editor If everything goes as planned, three generations of a local family will stand together at the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro this summer. Natalie Latzka, a longtime mountain ...