[pct-l] Camping on Mount Whitney

[Brick Robbins]

On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Diane Soini <dianesoini at gmail.com> wrote:
> Not only that, but I'm surprised nobody has mentioned yet that people
> have died sleeping in the building atop Mt. Whitney when it has been
> struck by lightning. You do not want to sleep in there.

I disagree with that statement.

The people who died in that hut  did so because they took shelter
during a storm. Sleeping in it is not a problem.

Simply being in it during a storm is a problem. If a storm is
threatening, get of that piece of rock. You don't want to be up there
at all.

OTOH, I have slept on top of Whitney a few times, always when it was
clear. Sunrise is spectacular.