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Hiker DOA on Mt Washington
This is a discussion on Hiker DOA on Mt Washington within the Off-Topic forums, part of the General category; Just came over the emergency text. Unresponsive on Tuckermans Ravine Pronounced DOA...
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08-13-2012, 02:12 PM #1NES Member
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Hiker DOA on Mt Washington
Just came over the emergency text.
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someone think they were in better shape than they were or an accident?
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Bad news, was thinking of doing that hike with my son in a few weeks. Almost went off that ravine when I was 12, got stuck in blizzard half way up.
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Not sure, no other info yet, just says HIker down, unresponsive, and then pronounced
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Mt. Washington is like the Rodney Dangerfield of mountains. It can't get no respect.
But it should. The fasted recorded surface wind speed was recorded on Washington: http://www.mountwashington.org/about...recordwind.php
Weather changes on a dime too. You can be at the Lake of the Clouds Hut with sunny skies, 80* temps and ascent to the summit and you're in dense, low-visibility fog at 40* temps.
Not sure if this is in any way relevant to the current situation, but just sayin'...In Liberty,
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08-13-2012, 04:58 PM #6Road Warrior
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I got that off the pager too.
Originally Posted by SteelShooter
They called for extra manpower to carry out the body.
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There's a number of places on the trails to get crippled or killed by accident going up Mount Washington.
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Maybe got too close to the edge like the kid last year or so, can be a bit tricky around that waterfall, or maybe he had a heart attack.
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Id say tuckermans is safer than the auto road though Originally Posted by hminsky
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08-13-2012, 07:15 PM #9Road Warrior
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Thanks for that info John.
I guess it's better that he died of natural causes than by accident on the trail.
It gives the mountain a bad rap when people fall and get killed because it discourages tourism.
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Gonna be tough on the daughters
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