just below the 14,505-foot summit of Mt. Whitney, could have been fatal. A quick glance over my shoulder showed a tiny patch of baby blue — the first sign of melting — on an icy lake 2,000 ...

Mt. Whitney is known as being a difficult trail ... CalOES FIRIS (High altitude imaging plane), Mono County SAR, and China Lake Mountain Rescue Group (Kern County). "We extend our deepest ...

With the help of bystanders “who dropped everything,” a man was rescued after he fell while descending Mt. Whitney ... “to a landing zone near Iceberg Lake,” rescuers said.

just below the 14,505-foot summit of Mt. Whitney, could have been fatal. A quick glance over my shoulder showed a tiny patch of baby blue — the first sign of melting — on an icy lake 2,000 ...