Sometime around 3 a.m. on July 5 last summer, as I drove along Whitney Portal Road, I thought about a lyric from Phoebe Bridgers’ album "Punisher." “Why would somebody do this on purpose when they ...

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. OK, that's an ...

Five words: Jack Ryan Greener muttered them over and over as he hiked the rocky mess of a trail toward the top of Mt. Whitney, the highest peak in the contiguous U.S. Rage on. Stay focused. Believe.

The first step on the challenging trail to the 14,505-foot summit of Mt. Whitney begins months ahead of time when thousands enter a lottery for a trail permit. This year’s online lottery, delayed by ...