jberryROAD TRIPPPPP!! to Mammoth Lakesđ
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AI6YR Benbtw, the body of that kid who got lost was also recovered in December (Joseph Brambila). On the "99 Switchbacks" area, as suspected.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-12-15/mt-whitney-rescue-team-finds-body-missing-hiker
"...A rescue team located the hiker during an aerial search, recovering the body from the north face of Mt. Whitney, below the notorious âfinal 400â stretch, a dangerously steep chute along the route that is particularly challenging to navigate in the winter months. ..."
Another fatality on Whitney
LA Times: Mt. Whitney hiker who forged on after friend turned back is found dead
"...The hiker was reported missing Monday after failing to descend the mountain and reunite with a hiking companion, who had decided the prior afternoon to turn around early due to safety concerns, according a post from Inyo County Search & Rescue. The hiker who was later found dead had decided Sunday afternoon to continue onward alone. ..."
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-01-22/hiker-dies-mt-whitney-third-fatality-of-season
View from Trail's Crest down slope... completely filled with snow at the moment. Snow was deposited after the hiker went missing. Sentinel-2 satellite 12/11/2025. #SearchAndRescue #SAR #RemoteImaging #MtWhitney
LA Times: With just days of cash left, remote California hospital nears crisis point
"...Located in Lone Pine, a town at the base of Mt. Whitney with just 1,300 residents, Southern Inyo Healthcare District is the only hospital within a nearly 60-mile radius. Itâs the closest stop for injured hikers and dehydrated tourists visiting Whitney or nearby Death Valley, which regularly receives more than 1 million visitors per year. Without it there would be a 136-mile stretch between the next closest hospitals in the eastern Sierra Nevada...."
#hiking #backpacking #mtwhitney #deathvalley #healthcare #hospitals
nationalparksMount Whitney in and out of the clouds today. Learn more at https://www.nps.gov/seki/planyourvisit/whitney.htm and https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/inyo/recreation/trails/mt-whitney-trail and https://www.mountwhitneyforum.com/ and #interpretation #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #landscapephotography #photography #nationalforest Image credit Mt. Whitney Portal Hotel, Hostel, and Store #usfs #forestservice #sequoia #inyo #nationalpark #trail #mountain #mtwhitney #clouds #lonepine
Pinpoint Where AppTravel Trivia: The highest (Mt Whitney) and lowest (Badwater Basin) points in the contiguous United States are only 136 kms (85 miles) apart in California.
Discover more and find out how worldly you are at: https://app.bitwyze.org/pinpoint-where/place/MountWhitney
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Vaughn HannonAchievement unlocked. Highest point, 14,505' in Oct 2022, and lowest point, -282' in March 25, in the lower 48 states. #mtwhitney #badwaterbasin #deathvalley
FreddyB Aviation PhotographyUSN F/A-18F, VX-9 "The Vampires" Near Point D, R-2508 Sidewinder Low Level Complex, April 2021 with Mt. Whitney in the background #VX9 #Sidewinder #NWSChinaLake #milair #mtwhitney #aviationphotography #planespotting #AvGeek #spotter #photography #Nikon #aircraft #nikonphotgraphy
