When you identify all of them in a list, yes, it does seem like a large number.
But then again, we do have people passing in the mountains fairly frequently. Until the above, I've not seen a list. I do think, though, if someone were keeping track over time, it would be fairly even.
On the other Whitney board, Doug was always deleting any threads that discussed a death, saying he was protecting the family. There was even a fellow who drove up/hiked up in winter, and committed suicide in his tent. He was discovered after several months by XC skiers coming off Whitney. With such news and discussions hidden away, we often don't realize just how many deaths there really are.
