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36-450: Whitney or Whittney may refer to: Film and television [ edit ] Whitney (2015 film) , a Whitney Houston biopic starring Yaya DaCosta Whitney (2018 film) , a documentary about Whitney Houston Whitney (TV series) , an American sitcom that premiered in 2011 Firearms [ edit ] Whitney Wolverine , a semi-automatic, .22 LR caliber pistol Whitney revolver,

72-464: A greatest hits compilation. Whitney and Bobby continue to date for a number of years, with Brown proposing to her by late 1991, and the two are married by the summer of 1992. Around this time, Kevin Costner handpicks Houston to star in what will become her film debut The Bodyguard . Though she is initially reluctant, Bobby encourages her to proceed. While on the set of The Bodyguard , Houston suffers

108-735: A constituency for the House of Commons Whitney-on-Wye , Herefordshire United States [ edit ] Whitney, Alabama Whitney, California, a community in Placer County Whitney, California, former name of Lone Pine Station, California Whitney, Idaho Whitney, Maine Whitney, Michigan Whitney Township, Michigan Whitney, Nebraska Whitney, Nevada Whitney Point, New York Whitney, Oregon Whitney, South Carolina Whitney, Texas Whitney, Washington Whitney, West Virginia Organizations [ edit ] Whitney (City Road, London) ,

144-404: A gully on the north side of the east face first climbed by John Muir , is considered a scramble , class 3 ( PD+ ). The fastest recorded time up this route to the summit and back to the portal is 3 hours 10 minutes, by Jason Lakey of Bishop, California . The steep eastern side of the mountain offers a variety of climbing challenges. The East Face route, first climbed in 1931, is one of

180-506: A gun carried by Powell when he attempted to assassinate Secretary of State William Seward Music [ edit ] Whitney (album) , an album by Whitney Houston Whitney (band) , an American rock band "Whitney", by Lil Pump from Lil Pump , 2017 "Whitney", by Rêve from Saturn Return , 2022 Places [ edit ] Canada [ edit ] Whitney, Ontario United Kingdom [ edit ] Witney , Oxfordshire Witney (UK Parliament constituency) ,

216-577: A miscarriage, causing her to become very sickly. Cissy visits and persuades Whitney to leave Bobby, but Whitney refuses. Whitney struggles to keep up with fame and placate Bobby, whose career has taken a back seat to hers, as she continues to dabble with drug use after their daughter Bobbi Kristina is born. Soon after, The Bodyguard and its subsequent soundtrack becomes massively successful, leading Whitney to tour internationally for nearly two years. The pressure continues to grow for both Whitney and Bobby, primarily Whitney, who continues to abuse drugs at

252-467: A month too late to be first. On August 18, 1873, Charles Begole, A. H. Johnson, and John Lucas, all of nearby Lone Pine , had become the first to reach the contiguous United States' highest summit. As they climbed the mountain during a fishing trip to nearby Kern Canyon, they called the mountain Fisherman's Peak. In 1881, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory founder Samuel Pierpont Langley remained on

288-480: A sexual relationship between the two. Unbeknownst to her, Brown is in a relationship with his girlfriend Kim, who had just given birth to his daughter. Just as Houston discovers this, she is left heartbroken and infuriated. Bobby later severs ties with Kim, and Whitney later manages to pull through and persevere in the already hectic relationship. Sometime later, Brown is unable to replicate the success of his album Don't Be Cruel , as his record label wants him to record

324-527: A shop founded in 1875 Whitney Museum , a museum of American art in New York City Hancock Bank or Whitney Bank Schools [ edit ] Whitney High School (Cerritos, California) Whitney High School (Rocklin, California) Whitney Humanities Center , an interdisciplinary institution at Yale University Other uses [ edit ] Whitney (surname) Whitney (given name) Whitney (typeface) Mount Whitney ,

360-760: A total of 4.5 million viewers during its premiere. Mount Whitney Mount Whitney ( Paiute : Tumanguya ; Too-man-i-goo-yah ) is the highest mountain in the contiguous United States , with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421.2 m). It is in East – Central California , in the Sierra Nevada , on the boundary between California's Inyo and Tulare counties, and 84.6 miles (136.2 km) west-northwest of North America's lowest topographic point, Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park , at 282 ft (86 m) below sea level. The mountain's west slope

396-431: A venture capital firm in the U.S. Pratt & Whitney , an aircraft engine maker Whitney & Company (Leominster, Massachusetts) Whitney umbrella , in mathematics Whitney v. California 274 U.S. 357 (1927), U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the conviction of a Communist Labor Party official Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

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432-809: Is in Sequoia National Park and the summit is the southern terminus of the John Muir Trail , which runs 211.9 mi (341.0 km) from Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley . The eastern slopes are in Inyo National Forest in Inyo County . Mount Whitney is ranked 18th by topographic isolation . Mount Whitney's summit is on the Sierra Crest and the Great Basin Divide . It lies near many of

468-660: Is set in a period of five years (1989–1994) when Houston was catapulted to worldwide success due to her film debut The Bodyguard and its subsequent soundtrack . Filming lasted 20 days, primarily occurring in Los Angeles and Santa Clarita , California . Canadian R&B singer Deborah Cox performs all of Houston's vocals in the film, including " I Will Always Love You ", " I'm Your Baby Tonight ", " I'm Every Woman ", " Jesus Loves Me " and " The Greatest Love of All ". Additionally, songwriting/production team The Jackie Boyz performed Brown's vocals for " Every Little Step " in

504-483: The Fifty Classic Climbs of North America routes , and involves technical free climbing ( class 5.7 ) but is mostly class 4. Other routes range up to grade 5.10d. South of the main summit is a series of minor summits that are completely inconspicuous from the west but appear as a series of "needles" from the east. The routes on these include some of the finest big-wall climbing in the high Sierra. Two of

540-490: The Forest Service issues a limited number of permits between May 1 and November 1. It holds an annual lottery for hiking and backpacking permits on the trail. Applications are accepted from February 1 through March 15. Any permits left over after the lottery is completed typically go on sale April 1. Most hikers plan to stay one or two nights camping along the route. Those in good physical condition sometimes attempt to reach

576-578: The Sierra Nevada 's highest peaks. The peak rises dramatically above the Owens Valley , sitting 10,778 feet (3,285 m) or just over 2 mi (3.2 km) above the town of Lone Pine 15 mi (24 km) to the east, in the Owens Valley . It rises more gradually on the west side, lying only about 3,000 feet (914 m) above the John Muir Trail at Guitar Lake. The mountain is partially dome-shaped, with its famously jagged ridges extending to

612-527: The Soul Train Awards scene. In 1989, Whitney Houston ( Yaya DaCosta ) is a worldwide phenomenon and household name with two highly successful self-titled albums under her belt. She attends the 3rd Annual Soul Train Awards with her high school friend and road manager Robyn Crawford ( Yolonda Ross ), who is a lesbian . During a category in which Houston's name is booed by the audience, she later performs at

648-483: The ceremony. It is here that she meets fellow R&B singer Bobby Brown and they begin a courtship shortly after, due to her being impressed with Brown's performance of " Every Little Step ". In August 1989, Whitney invites Bobby to her lavish 26th birthday celebration, where Bobby discovers her abusing cocaine . Whitney begins recording her third album I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990), the relationship between her and Brown continues to blossom consistently, leading to

684-489: The destiny of their people once had his home in that mountain." The spelling Too-man-i-goo-yah is a transliteration from the indigenous Paiute Mono language . Another variation is Too-man-go-yah. In 1891, the United States Geological Survey 's Board on Geographic Names decided to recognize the name Mount Whitney. Despite losing out on their preferred name, Lone Pine residents financed the first trail to

720-652: The east, water from Mount Whitney flows to Lone Pine Creek, where most of the water is diverted into the Los Angeles Aqueduct via a sluice . Some water in the creek is allowed to continue on its natural course, joining the Owens River , which terminates at Owens Lake , an endorheic lake of the Great Basin . The estimated elevation of Mount Whitney's summit has changed over the years. The technology of elevation measurement has become more refined and, more importantly,

756-607: The east. The rise is caused by a fault system that runs along the Sierra's eastern base, below Mount Whitney. Thus, the granite that forms Whitney is the same as that which forms the Alabama Hills , thousands of feet lower down. The raising of Whitney (and the downdrop of the Owens Valley) is due to the same geological forces that cause the Basin and Range Province : the crust of much of

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792-429: The height of her stardom. Bobby deals with his situation similarly after losing his childhood friend Steve in gun violence . Whitney has received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics and holds a 62% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes . On Metacritic , which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 54%, based on 17 reviews. Whitney received

828-768: The highest peak in the contiguous United States Whitney Awards , awards for achievement in Mormon fiction Whitney Biennial , a biennial art exhibition Whitney South Sea Expedition , a 1920–1932 scientific expedition to the South Pacific Whitney (Pokémon) , a character in the Pokémon series Whitney, a character from Barney & Friends See also [ edit ] David Whitney Building , skyscraper in Detroit, Michigan David Whitney House , historic residence in Detroit, Michigan J.H. Whitney & Company ,

864-478: The intermontane west is slowly being stretched. The granite that forms Mount Whitney is part of the Sierra Nevada Batholith . In Cretaceous time, masses of molten rock that originated from subduction rose underneath what is now Whitney and solidified underground to form large expanses of granite. In the last 2 to 10 million years, the Sierra was pushed up, enabling glacial and river erosion to strip

900-403: The lowest average low of 4.2 °F (−15.4 °C) for winter temperatures in the table (December to March), every 1 inch (25 mm) of liquid precipitation equates to approximately 15–40 inches (380–1,020 mm) of snow, with lower temperatures producing the greater snow depths. There is no weather station at the summit, but this climate table contains interpolated data for an area below

936-527: The mountain for Winston Churchill , but the name Mount Whitney persisted. The most popular route to the summit is by way of the Mount Whitney Trail , which starts at Whitney Portal , at an elevation of 8,360 ft (2,548 m), 13 mi (21 km) west of the town of Lone Pine . The hike is about 22 mi (35 km) round trip with an elevation gain of over 6,100 ft (1,859 m). Permits are required year-round, and to prevent overuse

972-750: The peak's west side flow into Whitney Creek, which flows into the Kern River . The Kern River terminates at Bakersfield in the Tulare Basin , the southern part of the San Joaquin Valley . Today, the water in the Tulare Basin is largely diverted for agriculture. Historically, during very wet years, water overflowed from the Tulare Basin into the San Joaquin River , which flows to the Pacific Ocean. From

1008-519: The shape of the Earth (the geoid ) has been estimated more accurately. Using a new vertical datum established in 1988 ( NAVD88 ) the benchmark is now estimated to be 14,504 ft (4,421 m). Whitney's eastern slope is far steeper than its western slope because the Sierra Nevada is the result of a fault block that is analogous to a cellar door: the door is hinged on the west and is slowly rising on

1044-404: The sides. Mount Whitney is above the tree line and has an alpine climate and ecology . Very few plants grow near the summit: one example is the sky pilot , a cushion plant that grows low to the ground. The only animals are transient, such as the butterfly Parnassius phoebus and the gray-crowned rosy finch . The mountain is the highest point on the Great Basin Divide . Waterways on

1080-482: The summit and return to Whitney Portal in one day. A one-day hike requires a day-use permit that prohibits the use of overnight camping gear (sleeping bag and tent). Day hikers often leave Whitney Portal before sunrise and hike from 12 to 18 hours. Longer approaches to Whitney arrive at its west side, connecting to the Mount Whitney Trail near the summit by way of the John Muir Trail . The Mountaineer's Route,

1116-458: The summit for some time, making daily observations of the solar heat. Accompanying Langley in 1881 was another party consisting of Judge William B. Wallace of Visalia, W. A. Wright and Reverend Frederick Wales. In his memoirs, Wallace wrote, "The Pi Ute [Paiute] Indians called Mount Whitney Too-man-i-goo-yah , which means 'the very old man.' They believe that the Great Spirit who presides over

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1152-538: The summit, engineered by Gustave Marsh, and completed on July 22, 1904. Four days later, the new trail enabled the first recorded death on Whitney. Having hiked the trail, U.S. Bureau of Fisheries employee Byrd Surby was struck and killed by lightning while eating lunch on the summit. In response, Marsh began work on the stone hut that became the Smithsonian Institution Shelter , completing it in 1909. A movement began after World War II to rename

1188-631: The summit. In July 1864, the members of the California Geological Survey named the peak after Josiah Whitney , the state geologist of California and benefactor of the survey. During the same expedition, geologist Clarence King attempted to climb Whitney from its west side, but stopped just short. In 1871, King returned to climb what he believed to be Whitney, but having taken a different approach, he actually summited nearby Mount Langley . Upon learning of his mistake in 1873, King finally completed his own first ascent of Whitney, but did so

1224-651: The title Whitney . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Whitney&oldid=1232783877 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Whitney (2015 film) The movie stars Yaya DaCosta as Houston, Arlen Escarpeta as Brown and Yolonda Ross as Houston's longtime friend and road manager Robyn Crawford. Whitney

1260-556: The upper layers of rock to reveal the resistant granite that makes up Mount Whitney today. Mount Whitney has an alpine tundra climate ( ET ) under the Köppen climate classification . Summer temperatures are highly variable, ranging from below freezing (32 °F (0 °C)) to highs near 80 °F (27 °C) during extreme heat waves in the Owens Valley. Based on the range from the highest average high of 25.7 °F (−3.5 °C) to

1296-446: The vertical coordinate system has changed. The peak was commonly said to be at 14,494 ft (4,418 m) and this is the elevation stamped on the USGS brass benchmark disk on the summit. An older plaque on the summit (sheet metal with black lettering on white enamel) reads "elevation 14,496.811 feet", but this was estimated using the older vertical datum ( NGVD29 ) from 1929. Since then

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