Damn. Some terrible, tragic news out of the Sierra Nevadas... Over Labor Day weekend, a 60-year-old hiker reached the summit of California's Mount Whitney, only to fall to his death from a cliff on the way back down: Torrance hiker conquers Mt. Whitney, then falls to his death.
During the holiday weekend, Yukio Kato of Torrance, California hiked to the top of Mount Whitney, the tallest mountain in the contiguous United States. On his return to the trailhead, about a mile down from the summit, Kato fell from a 200-foot cliff and died. Park rangers recovered his body last week:
