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Fresno’s George Whitmore, Legendary Climber of El Capitan and Conservationist, Dies at 89

Fresno's 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, said his wife,...

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