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Fatality — Mount Jefferson, Aug 29, 2014

·Mount Jefferson·Caps Ridge Trail

63-year-old from Bridgton, ME · party of 13

Gregory Larson, 63, collapsed of cardiac arrest near the summit of Mount Jefferson on the Caps Ridge Trail on August 29, 2014 while hiking with the Denmark Mountain Hikers group. Companions — many trained in wilderness first aid — performed CPR for about two and a half hours. A National Guard helicopter hoisted him out, but he died during the rescue effort.

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