Mount Whitney: East Buttress

Lone Pine, CA -- Norman Clyde described the attractive eastern facade of Mt. Whitney, “It is from the seldom-visited vantage points that Mt. Whitney is most imposing . . . spectacular to a degree that would surprise t ...

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