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RescueOutcome: Rescued by SARFall

Rescue — Mount Lafayette, Sep 12, 2026

·Mount Lafayette·Greenleaf Trail

a 62-year-old from La Prairie, Quebec

Johanne Hebert, 62, slipped on a loose rock while descending Greenleaf Trail from the summit of Mount Lafayette and was injured. Fellow hikers helped her to Greenleaf Hut, where it was determined a carry-out was necessary. Over fifty rescuers, many just finishing SAR training, responded and carried her out over the three-mile difficult terrain.

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