Manuel Madrid Nov 8, 2009
Hobbies: Mountain trail hiking (my dream is to hike Half Dome and Mount Whitney at my golden age), gardening and enjoying life to the fullest. Bee reader since: 1970. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Crews find body of hiker on slope of Mt. Whitney Nov 2, 2009
A search dog team found the body of Kenneth Wade Brunette, 73, Saturday afternoon on the eastern slope of Mount Whitney ... The search for a 73-year-old man last seen Sunday on the trail to Mount Whitney was expanded Friday, with teams scouring both sides of the Sierra Nevada crest ... Local briefs: Search continues for Mount Whitney hiker. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Body of missing Sierra hiker found Nov 1, 2009
The search for a 73-year-old man last seen Sunday on the trail to Mount Whitney was expanded Friday, with teams scouring both sides of the Sierra Nevada crest ... Local briefs: Search continues for Mount Whitney hiker ... A search in the Sierra continued Thursday for Kenneth Wade Brunette, 73, who was hiking alone on a day trip to the 14,494-foot summit of Mount Whitney when he went missing. (Fresno Bee)
Sierra search expands for man, 73 Oct 31, 2009
Local briefs: Search continues for Mount Whitney hiker. A search in the Sierra continued Thursday for Kenneth Wade Brunette, 73, who was hiking alone on a day trip to the 14,494-foot summit of Mount Whitney when he went missing ... Hiking Mount Whitney. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Sierra hikers misuse portable GPS trackers Oct 19, 2009
5 million people annually, contain the range's tallest peaks, including Mount Whitney, and the most remote river canyons. Along with phones and GPS units, the introduction of satellite trackers and messengers for personal use raises the eternal debate over whether (or how much) technology belongs in the backcountry. (Fresno Bee -- Sports)
Sierra Nevada Birds Move In Response To Warmer, Wetter Climate Oct 5, 2009
Since then, global warming has emerged as another threat to Sierra Nevada habitats, presenting an additional impetus for scientists to resurvey those sites, which spanned as far north as Lassen Volcanic National Park, through Yosemite National Park, and south to Mount Whitney. To that end, Craig Moritz, UC Berkeley professor of integrative biology and director of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, began the Grinnell Resurvey Project in 2003 with funding from the National Science Foundation, the... (Science Daily)
Sierra's newest king Sep 24, 2009
Reaching the summit of Mount Whitney, a lifelong goal for legions of hikers, requires more than determination and healthy lungs ... On July 25, when he and a climbing party reached the summit of Cirque Peak near Mount Whitney, Dodge became only the 67th Sierra Club member (since records began in 1964) to conquer all 248 summits. (Fresno Bee)
Night Club Owner Hikes Mt. Whitney With Guitar For A Cause Aug 26, 2009
Rockwell, the owner of Trouts Night Club, decided to help make a change in the community so he grabbed a guitar and packaged it with numerous autographs of local legends, politians and law enforcement and took it for a hike up to Mount Whitney. His plan is to inspire people to do more with their lives. (KERO 23, CA)
New Heart Helped Woman Reach New Peaks Aug 16, 2009
She followed up the next year by hiking up Mount Whitney, at 14,505 feet the tallest mountain in the lower 48 states. In 1998, Perkins hiked to the top of Mount Fuji in Japan, bringing with her the ashes of the woman whose heart she carries in her chest. (CBS News)
Conquering Badwater Aug 15, 2009
It is the running equivalent of summiting Everest, the ultimate test of mental fortitude, a hippy communion with the desert of epic highs and lows (literally -- the race starts at 280 feet below sea level, the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere, covers three mountain ranges for descents and ascents totaling 9,000 feet and ends halfway up Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous United States) ... Start: 280 feet below sea level Finish: 8,300 feet on Mount Whitney. (CNN)
Phoenix man runs in ultramarathon Aug 9, 2009
There are two mountain passes ahead, then a final, tortuous climb to the trailhead of Mount Whitney, the highest mountain in the contiguous United States ... In 1977, on his third attempt, Arnold made it from Badwater Basin to the Mount Whitney summit in 84 hours. (AZCentral -- Sports)
Public Safety Aug 4, 2009
Mount Whitney Street, 500 block, theft reported Monday morning. North Fourth Street, 400 block, vandalism reported Sunday evening. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Lost biker found in Millerton Lake area Aug 2, 2009
The crash happened at Mount Whitney and Monroe avenues. A Fresno County Fire spokesman said the pilot was able to walk away from the plane, which landed upside down. (Fresno Bee)
Hiker critically injured in fall in SoCal canyon Jul 30, 2009
Reaching the summit of Mount Whitney, a lifelong goal for legions of hikers, requires more than determination and healthy lungs. You also need to scale a mountain of paperwork. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Redwood National Park in Calif. | Jul 25, 2009
California has 1,100 miles of coastline, one of the nation's largest expanses of forest land, a mountain range topped by the highest point (Mount Whitney) in the contiguous 48 states, and the nation's lowest point (Death Valley's Badwater Flat). So, I settled on an unscientific measure I call the "wow factor." Here are places that stopped me in my tracks, left me dumbfounded and had me fumbling for my camera. (AZCentral -- Travel)
Buddy up on a hike, but only if it's a fit Jul 24, 2009
Reaching the summit of Mount Whitney, a lifelong goal for legions of hikers, requires more than determination and healthy lungs ... The best hiking partner I've ever had was a college acquaintance who became my best friend once we spent 12 days together hiking from Florence Lake to Mount Whitney. (Fresno Bee -- Sports)
PG North: Marshall man to compete in 135-mile run from Death Valley to Mt. Whitney Jul 9, 2009
which is 280 feet below sea level, covers three mountain ranges and ends up at the Mount Whitney Portal, 8,360 feet above sea level. Makes a marathon seem like a walk in the park, doesn't it. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Working through cancer on the Pacific Crest Trail Jul 1, 2009
It traverses 34 wilderness areas, 24 national forests, seven national parks and passes by landmarks such as Mount Whitney and Lassen Peak, Oregon's Mount Hood and Washington's Mount Rainier. The highest point on the trail is 13,180-foot Forester Pass north of Whitney and the lowest is near sea level, where the trail bridges the Columbia River at the Oregon-Washington border. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
US agrees to consider protections for pikas Feb 13, 2009
The Mount Whitney pika's habitat in Tulare, Fresno and Inyo counties in the southern Sierra is as high as 8,500 to 13,000 feet in elevation. "Pikas are intolerant to higher temperatures, and the scientists are finding that the lower-elevation populations are disappearing," said Shaye Wolf, a biologist on staff of the Center for Biological Diversity. (San Francisco Chronicle)
