Abstract
Reports of rescues and accidents in New Hampshire’s White Mountains from spring and fall 2023. A long-distance hiker on the Appalachian Trail was knocked unconscious after one her trekking poles snapped crossing a brook on the Rattle River Trail. A woman tries and fails to hike down from Mount Washingtron after taking the Cog Railway up. A hiker falls into a stream, soaking all of her gear, and calls for help below Mount Passaconaway. A couple battles hypothermia after starting up Little Haystack Mountain late on a cold June day. A 21-year-old falls 30 feet off a ledge on Cannon Mountain. A novice hiker is led astray on East Osceola by relying on the Alltrails app in an area of poor cell service. A man in a group of nine collapses on a hot July day on Mount Moriah. A 21-year-old man dies on a cold August day on Mount Madison. A mother drowns in Franconia Falls after trying to save her son, who survived.
Recommended Citation
(2024)
"Accidents: Analysis from the White Mountains of New Hampshire and Occasionally Elsewhere,"
Appalachia: Vol. 75:
No.
2, Article 16.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/appalachia/vol75/iss2/16
