From the AMC BBS. I'm speechless - it's enough for me just to get this copied and pasted.
{SherpaKroto}
From the NH Fish and Game:
"BODY OF HIKER RECOVERED AT HUNTINGTON RAVINE
CONCORD, N.H. -- Following a search effort initiated on Wednesday, Jan. 28, the body of a male hiker was recovered this afternoon from the base of Yale Gully in Huntington Ravine.
The victim's identity is being withheld pending notification of family members. A cause of death will be determined by the Medical Examiner's Office.
Yale Gully is east of Mt. Washington, approximately 3 miles from the trailhead at Pinkham Notch Visitor Center on Route 16. The search was conducted on foot and by Snowcat by volunteers and staff from the U.S. Forest Service, the Appalachian Mountain Club, Mountain Rescue Service, Androscoggin Valley Search and Rescue and N.H. Fish and Game.
Officials from N.H. Fish and Game and the U.S. Forest Service will provide further information as it becomes available."
Update:
"PINKHAM, NOTCH, N.H. -- Searchers battling gale-force winds and below-zero temperatures recovered the body of a hiker Thursday on Mount Washington, two days after he apparently fell to his death.
Jason Gaumond, 28, of Southbridge, Mass., was reported missing Wednesday when he did not show up for work..."
{Frodo}
Sad news indeed! That was Jaytrek! One of our own! Hits so close to home... I am stunned...
{Me}
Note that it was Jaytrek on the AMC board.
AMC Jaytrek57 = AlpineZone Jaytrek.
{SherpaKroto}
From the NH Fish and Game:
"BODY OF HIKER RECOVERED AT HUNTINGTON RAVINE
CONCORD, N.H. -- Following a search effort initiated on Wednesday, Jan. 28, the body of a male hiker was recovered this afternoon from the base of Yale Gully in Huntington Ravine.
The victim's identity is being withheld pending notification of family members. A cause of death will be determined by the Medical Examiner's Office.
Yale Gully is east of Mt. Washington, approximately 3 miles from the trailhead at Pinkham Notch Visitor Center on Route 16. The search was conducted on foot and by Snowcat by volunteers and staff from the U.S. Forest Service, the Appalachian Mountain Club, Mountain Rescue Service, Androscoggin Valley Search and Rescue and N.H. Fish and Game.
Officials from N.H. Fish and Game and the U.S. Forest Service will provide further information as it becomes available."
Update:
"PINKHAM, NOTCH, N.H. -- Searchers battling gale-force winds and below-zero temperatures recovered the body of a hiker Thursday on Mount Washington, two days after he apparently fell to his death.
Jason Gaumond, 28, of Southbridge, Mass., was reported missing Wednesday when he did not show up for work..."
{Frodo}
Sad news indeed! That was Jaytrek! One of our own! Hits so close to home... I am stunned...
{Me}
Note that it was Jaytrek on the AMC board.
AMC Jaytrek57 = AlpineZone Jaytrek.
