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Rescue — Mount Chocorua, Oct 7, 2012

·Mount Chocorua·Piper Trail

12-year-old boy hiking with his mother and younger brother · party of 3

On October 7, 2012, a 12-year-old boy descending the Piper Trail on Mount Chocorua in Albany, NH went ahead of his mother and younger brother and took a wrong turn onto the Champney Falls Trail, becoming separated for several hours. After a 911 call, NH Fish and Game, Carroll County Sheriff's deputies, and Conway and Tamworth firefighters searched the trails. The boy, who had joined another descending group, was located at 6:34 p.m. and reunited with his family.

What we can learn

Keep group members together at trail junctions and agree on a meeting point, since a single wrong turn can separate a faster hiker from the party.

Contributing factors

Off trail
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