A 30-year-old Mammoth Lakes climber who held a speed record on Yosemite’s El Capitan died in a climbing accident earlier this month at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.

An accomplished rock climber who set a speed record on one of Yosemite's famed El Capitan routes recently died in an accident in California's Sierra Nevada. Jake Whisenant, age 30, died on Aug. 3, ...

Officials did not reveal the circumstances that led up to Jake Whisenant’s death Jake Whisenant, a record-setting speed climber, died in an accident in the Sierra Nevada on Aug. 3 The California ...