Sad To Hear

A young hiker fell on Mount Whitney.

LONE PINE, Calif.—A 16-year-old boy slipped and fell to his death Wednesday while hiking by a waterfall on a popular trail leading to the summit of Mt. Whitney, authorities said.

The Inyo County Sheriff's Department said the teenager was hiking with a youth group from Southern California around 11 a.m. when he fell at the falls at Whitney Portal, the main approach to the highest peak in the continental United States.

My condolences to his friends and family.