gary1101. I was the USNPS ranger for the Whitney area in 1976. Used to do day patrols frequently from Crabtree R.S. on the west side, 16 miles R.T. I was up there once when a couple of guys came lugging hang gliders up to the summit. I asked them which side they were going to jump off of. They said the east face, which is USFS land. I told them that was fine since I wouldn't have to pick their splattered bodies up after they jumped off in the thin air with almost no lift. The USFS guys would have to worry about that. I was happy they decided to take their gliders back down. They must have not thought things out very well before hand. Plus I was glad I was there to discourage them. I've got hundreds of stories.
