"Return to Mount Kennedy"

New documentary examines the anniversary climb taken to Mount Kennedy by Bob and Leif Whittaker, sons of Jim Whittaker, and Chris Kennedy, son of Robert F. Kennedy.

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Thu., Feb. 14, 2019

Bobby Whittaker is photographed at the Kettle Crest Trailhead in the Colville National Forest. Whittaker, who has helped spearhead the Ferry County Rail Trail, now is the recreation a liaison to the Northeast Washington Forest Coalition. He’s also featured in the new documentary, “Return to Mount Kennedy.”
Eddie Vedder and Bob Whittaker take a boat ride in Puget Sound in the 1990s.
Chris Kennedy, Leif Whittaker and Bob Whittaker get ready to begin their climb to the summit of Mount Kennedy, a peak in the Yukon.
In 2015, Chris Kennedy, son of late U.S. Sen. Robert Kenndy, and Leif and Bob Whittaker, sons of mountaineering legend Jim Whittaker, set off to follow in their fathers’ footsteps to the summit of Mount Kennedy.
Bobby Kennedy and Jim Whittaker photographed at Sun Valley. The two became fast friends during their 1965 climb of Mount Kennedy in Canada.
The late Sen.Robert Kennedy is pictured during his expedition to Mount Kennedy in 1965
Robert F. Kennedy and Jim Whittaker pause at the summit of Mount Kennedy in 1965.
Bob Whittaker, left, rides his bike with Brian Carpenter on the The Ferry County Rail Trail on Friday, Sept. 28, 2018, outside Republic, Wash.

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