But it was a celebration nevertheless, as the family and friends of Don Cash — a Utahn who died after summiting Mount Everest on May 22 — came together Saturday to remember the man they loved, his accomplishments and the way he lived.
Cash, 55, loved neon, had 102 pairs of shoes and collected “seemingly everything that has an engine.” He was a joker, who after losing three fingers from frostbite on a previous climb wore fake digits on a chain around his neck as a “conversation piece.” He was quick to cry and sometimes joked that his tear ducts were connected to his bladder.