Hiker with Dying Phone and Headlamp Rescued After Following Trail Markers to State Park Truck

A 20-year-old hiker was rescued from a snowy New Hampshire upland arsenic his headlamp and telephone were quickly dying, authorities said. 

The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department said successful a news merchandise that officers received a 911 telephone connected nan evening of Sunday, Oct. 26, astir a man — identified arsenic Owen Strommer of Wakefield, R.I. — who was connected nan precocious reaches of nan Tuckerman Ravine Trail, astir 0.3 miles beneath nan acme of Mount Washington. 

Through a spotty compartment telephone connection, authorities discovered that Strommer was connected nan way and that his headlamp and telephone were astir dead. The hiker had nary backup instrumentality and was unprepared to walk nan night.

The conditions astatine Mount Washington’s acme astir that clip were snowy — and nan somesthesia was 21 degrees Fahrenheit pinch a upwind chill of 3 degrees.

A rescue cognition followed that progressive unit from nan Androscoggin Valley Search and Rescue Team (AVSAR) and a Mount Washington State Park worker, who had a chained-up motortruck parked pinch nan lights connected astatine nan apical of Tuckerman Ravine Trail.

After his earlier call, Strommer managed to slow prime his measurement up nan way pinch his dying headlamp.

“Following cairns (piles of rocks utilized to people nan trail), Strommer yet saw nan headlights of nan State Park pickup motortruck and scrambled his measurement up to nan vehicle,” publication nan news release. 

Park unit met pinch an uninjured Strommer, who was past driven to nan acme to beryllium warmed and evaluated, nan section said. He was later transported to nan guidelines of nan mountain. 

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“Strommer was recovered to person done immoderate investigation connected his hike, but was perfectly unprepared for nan conditions that he encountered supra treeline,” nan section noted. “This business could person had a very bad outcome, and everyone progressive recognized that fact.

"Strommer was grateful for nan consequence and assistance and thanked nan rescuers aggregate times successful nan aftermath of this event,” nan section continued.

Officials advised visitors to nan area to scheme for wintertime conditions, moreover arsenic it is still fall.

According to nan New Hampshire State Parks website, Mount Washington is nan highest highest successful nan Northeast pinch a acme of 6,288 feet.