Does anybody have information about him? According to Burnside he died achieving his 46th peak, Saddleback, in 1980.
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No information about him directly, but there was a recent thread on VFTT ("Rescue-Does it count?") in which Mark Schaeffer posted the following:
"Although I remember Grace telling me of a man who died of a heart attack on the top of Saddleback his 46th Peak, many years ago, but was given a 46er NumberFrom the 46er book: Of the Summits, of the Forests, The Forty-six Peaks chapter, Saddleback entry:Keith D. Solomon was to have become a Forty-Sixer on Saddleback during the summer of 1980. However, having approached within 150 feet of the summit from Basin, he unfortunately suffered from and succumbed to a heart attack. Rangers from the Department of Environmental Conservation later carried his remains to the summit so that his body could be removed by helicopter, and soon after the Forty-Sixer executive committee voted Mr. Solomon a posthumous full membership in the club as Forty-Sixer number 1609. I agree with the requirement that a hiker must return to a trailhead to officially count the summits. The above account is no doubt a rare exception that was granted under extraordinary circumstances. We hikers are a curious lot; always eager and ready to celebrate. Perhaps we are overly self-confident in our ability to climb down from a summit. I have observed and participated in several Catskill 3500 and Adirondack 46er completion celebrations on summits. At other times I have seen a hiker reach a summit and exuberantly shout "Number 23" or some other number. I have yet to observe any such behavior at a trailhead after a hike. Go figure.
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