George Whitmore, legendary climber of El Capitan, dies at 89

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - George Whitmore, a member of the first team of climbers to scale El Capitan in Yosemite National Park and a conservationist who devoted his life to protecting the Sierra Nevada, has died. He was 89.

Whitmore died on New Year’s Day from complications caused by COVID-19, ...

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