Rescue — Mount Monroe, Sep 11, 2024

63-year-old male from Friendsville, PA

On September 11, 2024, Leonard Laky, 63, was found unconscious on the Mount Monroe Loop Trail approximately 0.2 miles north of the summit of Mt. Monroe. AMC hut personnel, a medical doctor, and Baltimore City Fire Department personnel rendered aid and carried him to Lakes of the Clouds Hut. An Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter transported him to Dartmouth Hitchcock Memorial Hospital; the cause of his condition—whether a fall with head injury or another medical emergency—was unclear at time of release.