The NYSDEC rangers were quite busy this Spring with a bunch of search and rescues. We are very lucky to have this safety-net.
Quite the collection of incidents in this latest report, many related to sketchy conditions due to late-season snow, rain, and high-water.
- “Cotton almost Kills” unprepared hiker on Mt Marcy
- Snowmobiler hits log bridge – endo
- No Flashlight, washed-out bridge, makes for a long night.
- High water thwarts left-behind hiker on Mt Marcy
- Carrying exhausted-dog on Dix Mt causes same for owner.
- Slip ‘n Fall on Poke-o-Moonshine
- City-hikers bonk on Whiteface
- Trapped on the Dyke (this is a common story)
- Hurt leg at near Wallface – cool place, but tough for rescue
- Slipped-knot results in fall at Chapel Pond
- Another City-hiker, bonked on Algonquin Mt
- Blowdown adventure off the Sewards
- 4 year old lost for a couple hours at Sacandaga Lake
- Various kayakers encounter whitewater
- Father and son lost on Black Mt
- Black-fly Bike-crash
- Another leg-injury on Hadley Mt
- Unknown medical on Tongue Mt
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