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Autumn-Action in the Adirondacks

October 27th, 2010 · 2 Comments · News

The AdirondacksNothing 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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Lost, Hungry, and Injured – Let’s go Hiking!

June 23rd, 2010 · 3 Comments · News

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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Blog Doldrums and Lost Hikers

April 21st, 2010 · No Comments · News

Spring means Blog Doldrums and a bunch of Lost Hikers.

Recreation- for Red-blooded men

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