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Muir was one of the first to suggest that Yosemite Valley's major landforms were created by large alpine glaciers, contradicting the view of established scientists such as Josiah Whitney, who regarded Muir as an amateur.
Under Captain Charles Young, the first black man to be put in charge of a national park, soldiers built the first trail to Mount Whitney and erected protective fences around the big trees....
Oct 31, 2023 · John Muir Trail Virtual Visit. Stretching approximately 214 miles from Yosemite Valley to Mount Whitney in eastern California, the John Muir Trail (JMT) was the first long-distance trail on the West Coast and arguably the first of its kind in the United States.
the first known person to use the term “national park” and urged the state not to deed some land in Yosemite Valley to early settlers, but to keep the entire valley as a national park. Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the continuous United States was named after him.
Jun 1, 2016 · Yosemite climbing pioneer Yvon Chouinard checking out the view from Big Sur ledge the first ascent of the North America Wall on El Capitan. End of pitch 11, Fall 1964.
Apr 24, 2024 · Muir completed his first ascent of the mountain on October 21, 1873, just over two months after the fishermen's successful climb. His route of choice was the east face of the mountain, known today as the Mountaineers Route, which he was the first to climb.
The first record of any woman climbing Mount Whitney appears to be that of a party from Porterville which ascended the peak August 3, 1878 and included Miss Anna Mills, later Mrs. Johnston, who wrote an account of the trip many years later in the Mount Whitney Club Journal.
