An island community in Washington is mourning the loss of a beloved former high school teacher who died one day into a trek ...

A well-known and beloved Washington state teacher plummeted to his death just two miles into a planned solo backpack trek ...

A backpacker who went missing on a trek from Mount Whitney to Yosemite Valley was found dead just two miles from his starting ...

Harris Levinson was a teacher at Vashon High School, where he taught Spanish and other subjects. He left the school in 2017 ...

Harris Levinson, a high school teacher from Washington state, fell 100 feet to his death into the North Fork of Lone Pine ...

A beloved teacher from Washington State died following a fatal fall while hiking the John Muir Trail to Yosemite National Park, prompting a substantial response from the community of Vashon in ...

A missing hiker from Washington state was found dead after he didn’t pick up his food cache, California officials said.

Harris Levinson, 61, vanished while undertaking a 140-mile hike earlier this month and after friends sounded the alarm, ...

The 221-mile trail ends at the Whitney Portal near Lone Pine. Most of the John Muir Trail lies above 8,000 feet in designated wilderness. It took 46 years to complete construction in 1938.

Three days: That's how long it took endurance athlete Jeff Garmire to finish the John Muir Trail. ... The clock would not stop until I arrived at the Whitney Portal Trailhead, 223 miles away, ...