Here's a followup to that fateful day:

Foster City native honored for Mount Whitney rescue efforts

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A 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