October 26, 2026 - 4:30 pm

A body of a climber who died attempting to scale California’s Mount Whitney was recovered Sunday, police said.

The Inyo County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release on Monday that it received a report from motel staff in Lone Pine, California, regarding a guest who had failed to check out and left personal belongings behind on Oct. 19.

The sheriff’s office said it located the climber’s vehicle at the Whitney Portal, located four hours from Las Vegas at roughly 8,300 feet above sea level, the following day. Through coordination with the U.S. Forest Service, deputies confirmed the climber had a permit for the Mountaineer’s Route — a steep, direct and technical climbing route to the summit of Mount Whitney — on Oct.…