Entries Tagged as 'essex county'
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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Tags: accident·dec·essex county·high peaks·hike·warren county·washington county
Lake Placid NY, circa 1911. “Stevens House and Mirror Lake, Whiteface Mountain seen in distance nearest house”
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