http://www.recorderonline.com/news/two-f...73a4cef699.html

Not a good weekend at the park. The description of the climbing fatality is perplexing - if the individual was "traversing the north face of Whitney" he was seriously off route. The Mountaineer's route climbs an obvious couloir (gully) and is normally non-technical (rated Class III-no rope required). The route was first used by John Muir in 1873. Of course, there has been heavy snowfall in the Sierras this winter, so normal conditions are probably absent.

Falls and drownings, along with automobile accidents, are the leading causes of death in the outdoors.