Death on Mt. Eleanor?

[mothboy88]

I saw a little headline on the crawl during local news this morning stating a hiker died on Mt. Eleanor. I haven't been able to locate any more information on the web. Anyone have any news? I was just there last weekend and conditions were ideal.

[gapertimmy]

my bro said it was a middle aged man, in his 50's a hiker, apparetnly fell down a ravine. i haven't been able to find any news either.

[techgirl]

This hiker was Dennis Coates of Port Orchard. He was in his 50's and in good physical shape. He actually died of a heart attack while hiking. He is a friend of a friend and I was seeking verification of his death for her when I saw your messages.

[salbrecher]

Sad news but...

"Good physical health"? I thought he had a heart attack.

[Juneriver]

It happens.

Way to be sympathetic.

[Dean_Lowery]

Unfortunately, sometimes the first time a person has a heart attack, it is fatal. A friend of mine, who had seen his M.D., and was given a clean bill of health dropped dead of a heart attack a few days later. No one is totally safe from this, as Jim Fixx, the guy who authored the best selling book "The Complete Book of Running" found out, he died from a heart attack while out on a regular run and everyone, including himself, thought he was in great shape. My condolences to the family of the hiker.

[iain]

I've heard of a number of people who have had mi's who were in dynamite condition. Just takes a small clot to break loose at some point.

 

An older guy died of a heart attack up on 3 Fingered Jack here in Oregon a few years back after summiting. Sad, but when you think about it a pretty good way to go when you get older

[Beck]

all the more reason to start taking a low dose aspirin in with your vitamins, and substitute your post workout ibuprofins with the some regular strength aspirin, the may most climbers drink we shouldn't be taking ibuprofin anyway!

[Norman_Clyde]

It's true that you can not only be in dynamite shape, you may not have the slightest hint of a problem beforehand. The only way to know for sure is to get either an angiogram (which carries risks) or a new type of CT scan (which is expensive and not covered by insurance). A sound policy is to exercise (i.e. hike and climb a lot), which reduces your risk of heart attack AND makes sure you're taking advantage of the days you have left to you.