With lead climber Dennis George's foot in the foreground, David Whiting ascends the lower part of the East Buttress on Mount Whitney. Below is Iceberg Lake at about 12,500 feet.

Mount Whitney is located in California’s Eastern Sierra. ... The views are arguably better on the latter route, with a stupendous view of the east face and east buttress of Mount Whitney.

IN THE GULLY just above 13,000 feet in the shadow of Mount Whitney's East Buttress, the ground can be unnervingly shifty. Picture walking on marbles, then pool balls and eventually basketballs ...

MOUNT WHITNEY – I am a thousand feet up a near-vertical ridge on the highest mountain in the contiguous United States, and there’s still another thousand feet before the summit. Rock climbing ...

The East Buttress is a famous climbing route on Mount Whitney. Pioneering mountaineer Glen Dawson led the first ascent in 1937 . Today, it’s one of the more popular routes to climb on Mount Whitney.

Stephen, a good friend who has accompanied me on many trips that have been featured here has also climbed Mt. Whitney via the East Buttress, ... Mt. Whitney stands at 14,505 feet tall.