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New Hampshire

Otto_Harper

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2. As i read some of the details about this incident

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Thu Nov 24, 2022, 01:59 PM

Nov 2022

I suspect she got caught out in the dark, without adequate equipment and/or training. Temperatures would have been low teens or even single digits with winds in the 30 - 40 mph range. Subzero wind chill. If she wasn't equipped and prepared to stay out overnight, that would have been the end.

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Missing Massachusetts Hiker Found Dead on NH Mountain [View all] sl8 Nov 2022 OP

I'm so sorry for her and her family. GPV Nov 2022 #1

As i read some of the details about this incident Otto_Harper Nov 2022 #2

Never hike alone. Sneederbunk Nov 2022 #3

Put that on a shirt. twodogsbarking Nov 2022 #6

Horrible, so many things that should have been done to protect her. dem4decades Nov 2022 #4

That's very tough terrain in high winds and snow, especially the trail going up. Ford_Prefect Nov 2022 #5

White Mountains are no joke. Mopar151 Feb 2023 #7