Two climbers who were reported missing on Mt. Whitney's experts-only Mountaineer's Route on Tuesday have been found dead. Andrew Niziol, 28, of South Lake Tahoe, and Patty Bolan, 29, were identified by the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday, according to the Sacramento Bee. On Wednesday, a friend who had been climbing with them but got separated on an extremely steep, icy pitch just beneath the summit posted a plea for help from other climbers in a Facebook group devoted to Mt. Whitney —... Read this story
