Originally Posted By: Harvey Lankford
Steve, I have taken an obit to honor on the top 3 of the 4 times I have been there. I plan to take my dads up there this year.

Here is a morbidly-curious question for any Whitney historians:
has anyone dropped dead on the summit? Surely it must have happened. (falling off does not "count" for this question)


I almost did, does that count?

First time up, I had such a bad case of AMS, I could barely get back down. I didn't get to enjoy the summit in the least bit. The guy who took my picture had to walk over, get my camera, take the picture, then walk back and give it to me.

In a way, I'm glad it happened. I shall never repeat that mistake again. What a terrible, terrible feeling.