Tom Gossett was stranded on Towne Peak 40 years ago (age 13) with his dad and had to be rescued. It was his first hike and they went to the SA-16 Albatross, wearing t-shirts, shorts and tennis shoes. Dad had the lunches, and they had one canteen of water that Tom had for 4 people after Dave and Greg dropped and broke their glass jugs of water,and they did that before they got to the first ridge. Dad got dehydrated and really sick after the Albatross. Dave and Greg went down for help and got the Death Valley Rangers to rescue them. In 2004 I saw his note in the register, and photographed it with the caption "short story, hope it was a good ending". A year later his brother Wild Bill, replied back that everything turned out ok. So now, 40 years later, a group of us joined him on the 40th Anniversary of his first hike and the rescue. He always signs his e-mails "don't stop climbing"! (wk 138, day 2 of 3)