CALL OUTS FOR 2008-200
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2008
CALLOUTS
2008
February 12. Search for 36- and 55 y.o. male hikers from NH on Franconia Ridge. The two hikers
ascended the Falling Waters Trail on Feb. 11 and proceeded north on the ridge until a storm pinned
them down on the side of Lincoln, where they spent the night. The next morning the hikers retraced
their route back to Little Haystack. Both men collapsed and were found there. The older hiker perished
on Little Haystack; the younger was evacuated by helicopter and recovered from severe hypothermia.
(Follow up report, 9/2008.)
February 16. Succesful search for and helicopter extraction of a 28 y.o. male solo hiker who
cell-phoned for help from the Franconia Ridge after being pinned down overnight by a storm.
May 3. Nine Pemi members responded to carry out a male hiker with leg
fracture on the Sandwich Mountain Trail to Noon and Jennings Peaks (Waterville Valley).
May 8. Recovery of a 28 y. o. woman from China hit by a boulder while
hiking with family and friends near Cloudland Falls on the Falling Waters Trail. She was pronounced
dead upon arrival at Littleton Regional Hospital.
June 28-29. Recovery of the body of a 49 y. o. male from MA off the Liberty Spring Trail. 20 Pemi
members searched on June 28, 16 on June 29.
July 12 (2). Thirteen Pemi members responded to carry out a 44 y.o. male
hiker from VT who sustained a lower leg injury two miles up the Old Bridle Path late in the day. On the
way down, the crew assisted three siblings from MA who were benighted without flashlights on the
nearby Falling Waters Trail.
July 22. 12 Pemi members were dispatched to Mt. Moosilauke to aid an older male hiker who
apparently suffered from exhaustion. 8 were subsequently turned around, and 4 remained to help him
walk out under his own power.
July 26. 12 Pemi members carried out a man from MA hiking with his son after he experienced chest
pains while descending the Osseo Trail.
August 2. After riding up on the Tram, a 71 y.o. woman from FL and NH
injured her shoulder as she descended the Kinsman Ridge Trail towards Lonesome Lake. Several
Pemi members located her, assessed her injury, and then assisted her to walk out under her own
power.
August 14. Pemi was called out at approximately 4 p.m. because a 27 y.o.
male hiker from MA was feeling ill on the Falling Waters Trail near Shining Rock and his co-hiker had
cell-phoned for help. Fourteen Pemi members responded; one met the party two miles up the trail and
assisted the remainder of the walk-out. The ailing hiker sought treatment on his own at LRH.
August 19. Later in the afternoon, the Pemi captain located, assessed, and prepared a 14 y.o. girl with
a fractured leg for transport near the beginning of the Lonesome Lake Trail. Fish and Game assisted
in the carry out.
August 22. Four Pemi members reported to the Zealand-area and participated in the last day of the
active search for a 59 y.o. man from VT, reportedly "despondent." The search began on August 19
and also involved Fish & Game, NH State Police, New England K-9, AMC, USFS, and Upper Valley
Wilderness Response Team; the search was suspended on August 23. Aug. 22 conditions: good
weather; heavy brush in the search area.
September 6. Eleven Pemi members and twelve others from Fish and Game and area fire departments
recovered the body of a 65 y.o. male from MA who succumbed to a CVA after summiting trail-less
PATN (Peak above the Nubble), a 3813' north spur of North Twin on the NEHH list. The subject's two
hiking companions cell-phoned their GPS coordinates to rescuers and performed CPR on the victim.
The callout began at noon and ended around 8 p.m. Conditions: steep and precipitous terrain;
bushwhack; after dark finish; heavy rain (TS Hanna).
October 4. Two female hikers from MA, aged 30 and 35, went ahead of the other five hikers in their
party as they descended the Flume Slide and Liberty Springs Trails. They lost their way near bottom of
the Liberty Springs trail after dark and, lacking flashlights, called for help. Two Pemi members located
the women; Pemi went on standby until the remaining five members of the group emerged from the
woods.
October 7. A 69-y.o. female hiker who bushwhacked Mt. Huntington with a companion in pursuit of the
NH 100 Highest sustained a leg injury off the Hancock Notch Trail on her return. The companion hiked
to the trailhead, notified authorities, and aided them in the search to re-locate the injured subject. 25
searchers from Pemi and Fish & Game set out at 7 p.m., located the hiker, and carried her three miles
to the trailhead, completing the mission at 3 a.m.
November 9. Six Pemi members were dispatched to aid a family of four benighted on Cannon Mountain.
2009 Call outs and cell phone assistance
March 21. A 22-y.o. male hiker from NH required assistance on the Ammonoosuc Trail after sliding on
the ice and catching his crampon. Six Pemi members aided in helping him out.
April 9. One Pemi member assisted in the carryout of a 48-y.o. male hiker from Laconia NH who
fractured his hip in a fall on the ice while hiking the Welch-Dickey Loop with his son.
April 28. Eight Pemi members participated on the final day of the three-day search for Scott Mason
(17) of Halifax MA who set out on a solo 17-mile day hike in the Northern Presidentials. A sprained
ankle made him abort the hike and look for a shorter route back through the Great Gulf Wilderness,
but high water and deep snow conditions forced him to ascend to the ridge again and retrace his
original path. Searchers found him walking about a mile from the summit of Mt. Washington and
brought him down on the motorized snow-cat. He went to the hospital in "fair condition."
May 4. Sally Sise, 63 (VT), leg injury. Old Bridle Path. 13 Pemi carried out.
May 5. Gerard Perron, 64 (NH), search and rescue. Falling Waters Trail. 12 Pemi searched.
May 5. F. James Sweitzer, 51 (VT), leg injury. Monroe Brook Trail, Washington. 6 Pemi carried out.
May 11. 49 y.o. male, leg injury. Bondcliff Trail.12 Pemi members assisted.
June 13. 31 y.o. woman, leg injury. Old Bridle Path. 13 Pemi carried out.
June 17. Search for Peter Shintani, 70 (Ontario, Canada), missing on Mount Washington since June 9.
Three Pemi cleared the Jewell Trail and Cog Railway.
June 18. Cell phone assistance to two hikers lost off the Lincoln Brook Trail, Pemi Wilderness. Hikers
found their back onto the trail.
June 18. Cell phone assistance to two hikers on the Cannon Cliffs, who found their way down safely.
June 18. Continuing search for Peter Shintani. Three Pemi searched the Ammonoosuc drainages.
Subject not found; active search suspended. (The deceased subject was found on July 7
under a rock overhang on the Lion's Head Trail, approximately 3/4 mile from the summit.)
July 11. Carry out of Michael Iacove, 28 (NY), who sustained a knee injury near the junction of the
Garfield Ridge and Skookumchuck Trails. Subject walked with assistance for 1.7 miles and
was carried down for the remaining 1.8 miles. 15 Pemi members participated.
July 12. Kyle Urquhart, 20 (Franklin NH), was rock climbing with his brother off the Falling Waters Trail
and suffered head and lower extremity injuries approximately 1.3 miles up. 12 Pemi members
responded for the carry out.
July 25. Luke Snyder, 51 (MA), broke an ankle at 5100' on the Caps Ridge Trail, Mount Jefferson. He
was carried down 1/2 mile but because of his extreme pain, DHART extricated him and
transported to the hospital. The 9 Pemi members who responded to this carry out at 2 p.m.
were then diverted to the day's second incident (see next item) and joined by additional team
members.
July 25. A 30 y.o. woman from Henniker NH injured her knee on the Garfield Ridge Trail six miles up.
The carry out began at 7 p.m. and concluded the next day at 7 a.m.
August 1. The mother of 16 y.o. Allan Tomias (Concord NH) reported her son ill 3.5 miles up the
Garfield Trail. The subject walked down to within 1.25 miles of the trailhead, where a Fish
and Game ATV transported him the remainder of the way. 9 Pemi responded and started up
the trail at 5.30 p.m.
August 11. Jill Franks, 52 (TN), was evacuated by a National Guard helicopter from Galehead Hut for
an unspecified illness. The Pemi members who were called out to carry her out were then
diverted to another incident that occurred almost simultaneously (see next item).
August 11. Pemi members participated in the carry out of Alexandra Land, 20 (CA), who fractured her
leg while descending the Old Bridle Path at 10.30 a.m.
August 25. A tourist and her husband rode up on the Cannon tram and then attempted to walk down
the Kinsman Ridge Trail. They called for assistance. Four Pemi members hiked up to help
them complete the steep descent. 14 more went on standby status in case a carry out was
needed.
August 27. Rita Peters, 75 (FL), lost her way on the trail to Artist's Bluff and called 911 at 5 p.m. A total
of 30 rescuers, including 8 Pemi, found her north in the Lafayette Brook drainage at
midnight and walked her out by 1. 30 a.m.
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