Third hiker killed on Mount Whitney within five days mercurynews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mercurynews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
On December 13, 50-year-old Eric Goepfert left the Whitney Portal trailhead intending a winter ascent of Mt. Whitney via the Mountaineer’s Gully and North
A 50-year-old Army reservist died while trying to climb Mount Whitney in the eastern Sierra Nevada in central California, in the midst of single-digit temperatures, high winds and several feet of snow.