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