[5] The Last Mountain On The Right

Written and Performed by Monty Dicksion

Copyright 2021



This song tells the story of two people, Bill McDub and the narrator of the story, who took a nighttime trip in Bill's light aircraft, a Piper Cub, and of their mishap near the top of Mt. San Gorgonio, in which there was only one survivor.


If you were looking from offshore, towards southern California, in particular, the general L.A. basin area, and you looked from left to right, you would see the basin surrounded by three mountain ranges.  And at the far right of those three mountain ranges is the highest mountain of all, Mt. San Gorgonio.


Yes, I know, on the other side of the Mt. San Gorgonio pass is Mt. San Jacinto, which is a respectably big mountain itself.  But for the sake of the story told by this song, Mt. San Gorgonio is The Last Mountain On The Right.


With an elevation of 11,503 ft., Mt. San Gorgonio is the highest mountain in all of southern California.  It's not only close to highly populated areas, it's also in between a few military air bases.


Over the years, there have been several planes that have crashed on Mt. San Gorgonio.  I have hiked to the top of Gorgonio three times myself and have seen the remains of some of the wreckages.


Such was the case for the two unfortunate people in this tale.  The lone survivor's predicament is truly one to be pitied.