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Missing Hiker Found
Maine Associated Press
A 17-year-old hiker lost around the Northeast's highest mountain was found safe Tuesday after being lost for three nights.
Fish and Game Dept. Major Tim Acerno said seachers were bringing Scott Mason down to safety as weather forecasts said lightning, high winds and hail were possible Tuesday afternoon.
Mason, of Halifax, Mass., headed up 6,288-foot Mount Washington early Saturday planning to hike 17 challenging miles in one day. The mountain is notorious for its unpredictable and often treacherous weather, including the highest surface wind speed ever recorded—231 mph.
Searchers worried early about hypothermia and the risk of an avalanche, but became more concerned that Mason would be swept away trying to cross one of the numerous streams swollen by snow-melt.
Missing Hiker Found
Maine Associated Press
A 17-year-old hiker lost around the Northeast's highest mountain was found safe Tuesday after being lost for three nights.
Fish and Game Dept. Major Tim Acerno said seachers were bringing Scott Mason down to safety as weather forecasts said lightning, high winds and hail were possible Tuesday afternoon.
Mason, of Halifax, Mass., headed up 6,288-foot Mount Washington early Saturday planning to hike 17 challenging miles in one day. The mountain is notorious for its unpredictable and often treacherous weather, including the highest surface wind speed ever recorded—231 mph.
Searchers worried early about hypothermia and the risk of an avalanche, but became more concerned that Mason would be swept away trying to cross one of the numerous streams swollen by snow-melt.
