Mount Whitney
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Highest peak in the United States, excluding Alaska.
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Gerbier’s death is the second this year in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, which Mount Whitney is a part of.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 21, 2023
Unfortunately, he had to bail at Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the Lower 48, because of a dislocated knee.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2023
The terrain includes the deepest canyon in the country, the largest trees in the world and Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the contiguous United States.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2023
Navy said on Monday that the USS Mount Whitney had arrived in Istanbul and that it would soon join forces with other ships in the Black Sea.
From Reuters ● Nov. 2, 2021
It was winter, the sun had already dropped behind Mount Whitney.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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