2 rescued on Chocorua

[--M.]

Same for Algonquin a few years back. I had to be convinced (at length, apparently) that it was not a goof and that they really wanted the stones up top; I kept thinking of (adopt Austrian accent) The Eiger Sanction. Once I got there, I finally believed it was something other than a practical joke.

At the very same top were two very nice young ladies, "stewards," one of whom answered my query about a nearby peak with a reliable listing of many (many) of the visible 46 from Algonquin Peak, and it was a beautiful day. She explained the stone-lined paths, and sedges, and lots of stuff! I'd never heard someone rattle off so many peaks from one vantage, and it was clear she had hiked them all. I thought "stewards" were the greatest thing since hiking boots and that there should be two or three at every summit.

Now, I've only been to Chocorua twice (Champney Falls, both times), once pretty much alone (mid-March, excellent ski) and once with the kids on Columbus Day, and I didn't really have any trouble finding the way either time, but saw how it could be possible in bad conditions. Maybe cooperhill could install a few "stewards" for this peak.

 

[Raymond]

Marcy, too. I know I carried one when I climbed it with my son in 2002; not sure if I did the first time, with Susan, in 1998. Probably not, probably too intimidated by the distance that first time.

 

[Billy]

From Algonquin summit in September 2008.

 

[Jay H]

Yup, the rock thing on Algonquin has been there when I first hiked it in the mid 90s. I don't believe I have seen it on any other peak in the ADK 46 that I know of though.

I suggested they do the same for Sawyer River Road

Jay

 

[Mike P.]

I believe the year I did Skylight they were looking for help getting rocks from Four Corners up to where they were building the scree walls.

 

[skiguy]

It is easy to laugh about all this, but here we have a kid who knows basically nothing about backpacking spending several days in the woods alone without going nuts. Most people would not do as well in such an unfamiliar situation.

Maybe he never intended to hike the mountain in the first place...thus the TV. Always have a plan before going into the woods.