EISPIRATEN

Climber dies on north face of Mt Harwood on Saturday

LA Times story
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-m ... story.html

Press-Enterprise stories
http://www.pe.com/articles/ells-795096- ... baldy.html
http://www.pe.com/articles/hiker-795011 ... month.html

I can't remember a year where there's been this many accidents/fatalities in one month. For the two that fell and survived, Yaktrax don't really cut it.

The four guys I saw at Baden-Powell all had crampons, only 2 had ice axes. They had all heard and were aware of the accidents, the people milling around in the parking lot slipping on ice, I suspect hadn't.