Here's a followup to that fateful day:
Foster City native honored for Mount Whitney rescue effortsA Foster City native and San Mateo High School alum has been honored for helping rescue three climbers after they fell 500 feet down a steep stretch of Mount Whitney.
Lt. Mike Wu, an off-duty marine investigator with the U.S. Coast Guard, Sector San Francisco, was accompanied by his colleague, Lt. Rachel Thomas, when the rescue occurred. ....
Also: video posted on Facebook of the people sliding out of control: by Stephen S
https://www.facebook.com/stephen.schneider.969/videos/1746826488726698/His main videos:
https://www.facebook.com/stephen.schneider.969/posts/1747914878617859