Lesson: don't trust everyone to help, even in the backcountry. Hmmm. Is Whitney really backcountry or just an extension of Disney Land?
We (Inyo SAR) did a body recovery one late Winter in that same area. An "experienced" climber glissaded, lost his ice axe, and crashed chest first into a rock.
When we found his body there were human tracks in the snow around it, continuing down to Trail Camp, but that person never reported finding the body. It made us think...
