| Man Killed on Mt. Katahdin
I just saw the news coverage. The hiker who was killed was a man from my town, Bangor, Maine, named Stacy Cooper. He, along with three others, were apparently in the wrong place, at the wrong time, when the rockslide happened. He was pinned under a large boulder. One other gentleman, from Alabama (or was it Atlanta?) had his shoulder dislocated, and the other two were uninjured.
National Guard helicopers recovered Mr. Cooper's body today, after the accident yesterday.
I don't know Mt. Katahdin's weather yesterday specifically, as it is about 75 miles from Bangor (where I live), but it poured all day here yesterday, and most of the entire state was in a heavy rain most of the day yesterday.
The news report states that the likely cause of the rock slide was loose soil caused by heavy rain.
The Cathederal Trail is closed at least through July 1st.
BootJockey / Dave |