FatalityOutcome: FatalMedical
Fatality — Mount Adams, Sep 23, 1972
49-year-old from Brookline, MA
Richard Thaler, 49, died of a heart attack on the King Ravine Trail on Mount Adams in September 1972.
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Other recorded incidents on Mount Adams
- Rescue · Valley Way TrailJun 25, 2026
- SAR (no subject found) · Northern Presidentials (started from AMC parking lot, Route 2, Randolph)Apr 22, 2018
- Fatality · Star Lake Trail (between Mount Madison and Mount Adams), Northern Presidential RangeFeb 15, 2015
- Fatality · Great Gully Trail, King RavineJan 26, 2013
- RescueAug 22, 2010
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