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Posted By: tmeekins 9/18 - 9/20 Trip Report including helicopter evac... - 09/26/11 08:07 AM
If you saw the helicopter on 9/20 that was us...

Full write-up on my blog and some photos (I'll post more later):

tmeekins Whitney trip report

-Tim
Posted By: Steve C Re: 9/18 - 9/20 Trip Report including helicopter evac... - 09/26/11 03:20 PM
Whoa! Cautionary tale of a diabetic hiking Whitney.

Glad he got out ok.

Thanks for creating the report, and for posting the link.
Posted By: gTy Re: 9/18 - 9/20 Trip Report including helicopter evac... - 09/26/11 04:15 PM
Wow - what a story. Glad he is doing ok.
Posted By: lynn-a-roo Re: 9/18 - 9/20 Trip Report including helicopter evac... - 09/26/11 05:49 PM
Poor guy, how scary this ordeal must have been for him to be so sick and high on a mountain. I bet home never looked so good, better yet, I bet a chopper never looked so good in his entire life.

This is a tough situation for the victim and all his friends.
Posted By: CMC2 Re: 9/18 - 9/20 Trip Report including helicopter evac... - 09/26/11 07:16 PM
Glad I am "only" a Type II Diabetic and do not (yet) have to take insulin. Have climbed for years over 14k with no problems (yet)
Posted By: Anonymous Re: 9/18 - 9/20 Trip Report including helicopter evac... - 09/26/11 08:36 PM
Great job getting him down, what a mess. I threw up like that coming down Whitney ( maybe not as bad ), but I drank 2 beers on the summit. MISTAKE.

It's interesting how altitude magnifies a crisis so - I think this is part of the reason the super-high mountaineering doesn't really appeal to me ( and I don't have tons of cash to make it happen either ).
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