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RescueOutcome: Rescued by SARExposure

Rescue — Mount Madison, Oct 24, 2018

·Mount Madison·Madison Spring Hut (attempting a Presidential traverse from Pinkham Notch)

Andrew Carlson, of Madeira Beach, Florida

Carlson was caught in an early-season storm; per NH Fish and Game, 'the weather conditions on the ridge were brutal mid-winter conditions with a wind chill of minus 1 degree Fahrenheit, wind speed steady around 40 mph, and snow accumulation approaching 3 feet in higher elevations.' He activated a SPOT beacon around 9 a.m. and sheltered beneath the closed Madison Spring Hut. AVSAR reached him about 1:40 p.m., cold but uninjured, and he hiked out under his own power, reaching the trailhead around 4:30 p.m.

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