This location is to the north-northwest of the summit.
This is the same area where the russian man fell several years ago. I don't believe his body was ever recovered, so the terrain must be fearful, and the SAR's must have put in tremendous effort for her recovery.
I can't imagine why she would have been over there, unless she'd gone over there to relieve herself. It may seem absurd and ridiculous, but I believe that is exactly how the only death on an Outdoors Club trip occured, in the same mountains, in similar conditions.
It also reminds me of Ali Aminian, who was a fellow California Mountaineering Club member, also on Baldy some years back, a very skilled mountaineer, who was killed when he stepped on a patch of angled frozen snow, slipped, and went for a thousand foot ride, with technical gear in his pack.
Point is, there is so little forgiveness this time of year. The margins are so narrow, when things go wrong. It is so critical to think carefully about choices and what could go wrong, and what the consequences might be. It won't be like the summer.
