Mt Whitney fatality early November

[Barnold41]

I’ll have you know I’m a Sierra Nevada hiker

Thanks for living there, and not here

[Scott P]

I’ll have you know I’m a Sierra Nevada hiker

Noob.

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[blazintoes]

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Such a shame to hear about this.

I won't speculate on the how/what/why's but what I can say is even on the standard Whitney Main Trail, if conditions are cold, snowy and/or dark it can be very disorienting even for someone experienced in the mountains.
From what I understand she was just going for an afternoon quick day hike, not a summit climb and slipped and fell not that far out from the Portal and was apparently just off the trail.
Most people expecting to be on a short ~1hr hike probably won't be bringing a pack filled with the normal layers and additional gear you'd bring for a lengthy summit climb or late Autumn ascent.

I've been on the rock there in many different weather scenarios and when it's iced over, the ice is often not evident and its easy to slip even on route, if you stray off route even a few feet
you're likely to encounter cliff bands with 50-100ft or more drops. This area is often at a transition point where ice starts where even if you brought microspikes you might not put them on yet.
Accidents happen to the best of us and they usually begin with a simple slip or trip which then isn't stopped. I'd say 100% of us have had seemingly innocent "trips" or "slips" in the mountains at some point.

The fact that she survived two nights out before succumbing, after falling and very possibly seriously injured and scared, with minimal food and water, wearing summer clothes in below freezing temps / negative windchill in an approaching storm
tells me she was a tough determined person.

RIP Cassandra. To her friends and family, our thoughts are with you.
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This was the perfect thing to say. Thank you.

[SephTR]

I’ll have you know I’m a Sierra Nevada hiker

Noob.

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Outdated. My strength doubles every day.

[timisimaginary]

I’ll have you know I’m a Sierra Nevada hiker

Noob.

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Outdated. My strength doubles every day.

so does the size of the hole you're digging.

[angry]

Outdated. My strength doubles every day.

You asked about Shasta in Jan and wrote “I'm not an expert on winter mountains”. I’m curious what incredible feats of strength have made you an expert sierra nevada hiker in less than a year?

[Mtnman200]

I’ll have you know I’m a Sierra Nevada hiker

Noob.

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Outdated. My strength doubles every day.

You’re not making any friends here.

[Wildernessjane]

Outdated. My strength doubles every day.

You asked about Shasta in Jan and wrote “I'm not an expert on winter mountains”. I’m curious what incredible feats of strength have made you an expert sierra nevada hiker in less than a year?

I remember that thread. He was looking for a way to do Shasta without having to use any snow gear. It was mind-boggling to me. Who would prefer scree over a snow route? Someone who doesn’t know any better, that’s who.

[teamdonkey]

Outdated. My strength doubles every day.

You asked about Shasta in Jan and wrote “I'm not an expert on winter mountains”. I’m curious what incredible feats of strength have made you an expert sierra nevada hiker in less than a year?

I remember that thread. He was looking for a way to do Shasta without having to use any snow gear. It was mind-boggling to me. Who would prefer scree over a snow route? Someone who doesn’t know any better, that’s who.

But his strength doubles every day, which by my calculations means 310 days later he is 2,085,924,839,766,510,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 times stronger now.

[Scott P]

But his strength doubles every day, which by my calculations means 310 days later he is 2,085,924,839,766,510,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 times stronger now.

In a way, he's telling the truth. Zero doubled that many times is still zero.

[Barnold41]

Outdated. My strength doubles every day.

Who tf says stuff like that

Noob. That's who. Dude been smokin' too much of that NorCal good good.

[nunns]

Delete.

Sean Nunn