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Listen to the story here. Laura L. Clark took this photo of George Whitmore during a hike at Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park on 7/8/2018. The last living climber on the first team to scale Yosemite’s El Capitan has died from complications of COVID-19. George Whitmore, 89, is best known for his historic climb in 1958 with his partners, Wayne Merry and Warren Harding. His pioneering techniques helped the group get safely to the top.  “They enjoyed having done it. It was a great adventure to them but none of them ever really had a big head about it, so to speak,” says his widow,...

Skip to main content George Whitmore, one of the first climbers to reach the top of El Capitan, dies at 89 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 Warren Harding, far left, George Whitmore, far right, and Wayne Merry, who is just coming over the edge, complete their ascent of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. Also pictured is George Whitmer, second from left, who is a member of the support party which greeted the climbers in 1958.UPI/San Francisco Chronicle File 1958Show MoreShow Less 2of5 Wayne Merry, George Whitmore and John Whitmer, enjoy a hot meal after scaling El Capitan in 1958. Merry and Whitmo...

>> tucker: one anchor saying, no, i don't see any evidence. wayne merry is a former american diplomat to russia and knows a lot about the country. he joins us tonight.ry this does seem like the governor's question, what is the crime being alleged here. do you see it? >> there are a lot of allegations and a lot of allegations based on leaks which have not yet been substantiated. some of the accusations are important if they prove to be true. but let us keep in mind that every new u.s. administration makes contact with foreign governments before it comes into office.ison every administration doe...