Sad news. The John Muir Trail area and Mt. Whitney are incredibly beautiful -
And dangerous this time of year.
I’ve solo’d the area during warm summer, but never during winter period of Nov - May.
This solo alpine hiker is the third fatality in as many years.
Unfortunately not all hikers learn from these needless tragedies.
There are so many people there in the summer that a solo hike is not that risky.