Entries Tagged as 'accident'
Nothing serious in the latest DEC activity report. Sounds like they were busy. Here are the highlights:
- Various ailments in the High Peaks
- Falling on Phelps, Ampersand, Snowy, Owl
- Broken elevator and trapped on Whiteface Summit
- Missed “Spot Locator” signal results in Search
- “Rescue” on Mt. Jo
- Boy Scouts….Not Prepared
- Lost….near Lost Pond
- Various other lost hikers and hunters
- “growing up in the city you never holler back” (uh…ok.)
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The DEC REGION 5 FOREST RANGER JULY AND AUGUST ACTIVITY REPORT just arrived, and while I would normally make semi-jest about some incidents contained, two incidents this Summer make me step-back and appreciate every moment. Here are the highlights, full release after the jump:
- Hikers underestimate Santanoni Range
- Mr. Briggs didn’t stay put
- Boy Scouts got stuck in a cave
- Trapped on the Trap Dyke
- No Shoes, No Shirt
- Late-night odyessy in the Dix Wilderness
- Lost in the swamp
- The Governor
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The latest DEC Forest Ranger Activity Report just arrived, and there’s a distinct pattern to the incidents. Here are some highlights, full release after the jump:
- Hiking with a group of friends and reportedly had had nothing to eat or drink all day.
- 60 year old male from Canada whose eye had been impaled by a tree branch.
- Seizure from potential dehydration
- Fishing buddies “abandon” friend
- “pale and dizzy” – reportedly had been drinking water but had not eaten all day.
- Lost with kids
- More abandoned hiking friends
- No flashlights
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