Mount Whitney
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Highest peak in the United States, excluding Alaska.
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An Air France pilot and French national who was declared missing while hiking Mount Whitney in California has been found dead from a fall.
From Washington Times • Oct. 21, 2023
The Kern River originates near Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous United States, and winds through Tulare County before it meanders into Kern County down to the valley floor, and through Bakersfield.
From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2023
Just east of Tulare County stands the 14,000-foot peak of Mount Whitney, part of the Sierra Nevada’s southern range, which is holding more than 300 percent of its average snowpack.
From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2023
Research ecologist Zachary McDonald, 31, is in his element at the summit of Mount Whitney, which often endures whiteout conditions, 180-mph winds, and temperatures that drop to minus-30 degrees.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2023
It was winter, the sun had already dropped behind Mount Whitney.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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