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 complication...