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FatalityOutcome: FatalHypothermia

Fatality — Mount Washington, Oct 19, 1849

·Mount Washington·Crawford Path / Fabyan Path

29-year-old Englishman from Bridlington

The first recorded death on Mount Washington. Frederick Strickland reached the summit in early-winter October conditions but lost his way descending the west side, dying of exposure below treeline near where the Jewell Trail now crosses Clay Brook.

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