Don Cash was a 55-year-old climbing enthusiast who quit his job to join the Seven Summits Club. He passed away Wednesday climbing Mount Everest.
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Donald Lynn Cash AKA “Don Cash”, 55, was a Sandy, Utah resident and passionate climber who was on a quest to join the “Seven Summits Club.” Don Cash has joined a 15-member expedition led by Chinese climber Yuan Li and actually reached the 29,000-foot summit of Mount Everest on Wednesday. There was a “traffic jam” on the way down due to the increased number of people who have been hiking Mt. Everest recently
Don collapsed face down at the summit but briefly regained consciousness until the group reached the famous rock face known as the “Hillary Step” where he fainted again. Sherpas gave him oxygen and dragged him to Camp 4 at 26,300 feet but were unable to revive him once they arrived. He’s the 12th person this year to pass away on the treacherous, grueling climb.
His family speculated that Don may have had a heart attacked but no official cause of death has been announced yet. They are understandably upset about his passing but have found solace in knowing he didn’t suffer and died doing what he loved. “I think there’s just so much peace that comes from knowing that he didn’t suffer,” daughter Brandalin Cash said, “That it was the best way to go.” She also said of her Dad “He taught us that nothing was impossible,”
Here’s what you need to know:
All good things come to an end. Today I finish the BMC Chapter of my Life Book. Tomorrow is a blank page on the next chapter. I have some bucket list goals to achieve and the timing was right to pursue them full time. I will miss my colleagues and teams at BMC and know I will stay in touch with many friends for life. It was a great run and super excited for this coming year!
A post shared by Don Cash (@don_cash2) on Dec 31,2018 at 2:27pm PST
According to his LinkedIn profile, Don quit his job as Vice President of Worldwide Inside Sales at software company BMC to “take the next 5 months off on a sabbatical to finish the last 2 remaining mountains on my Seven Summits Club dream. Mt. Vinson-Masiff in Antarctica Jan 7-26th, 2019 and then Mt. Everest in Nepal April/May 2019.” He had planned to return to work in June 2019 to resume his career at a different company.
