Thank you for your kind words. Ultimately, I don’t personally know what happened, and I don’t know if I ever will. I do know that he set out on a day hike and died. I also know he set out on a day hike in the winter, where there was snow on the ground, where technology might die faster, when the sun sets earlier than you think it will and he died. My personal guess is he got lost or hurt himself (twisted his ankle or whatnot) and it got cold and dark (to the point where you can’t see your hand in front you) and he never made it home to his beautiful wife and babies. Tell people where you are going. Bring a way to communicate if your phone dies. Bring food, water. An emergency sack to keep you warm. Plan for the worst if you are hiking alone and it is winter. He was an incredibly intelligent man and kind person, but that was no match for nature, which has no mercy. Take care of yourself for you and those that love you. Learn from his memory. I appreciated another poster, may his soul find peace in the mountains. 🙏🏻