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SAR (no subject found)Outcome: MissingNavigation error

SAR (no subject found) — Mount Washington, Aug 24, 1890

·Mount Washington

24-year-old from Berlin, Germany

Ewald Weiss left the Summit House intending to walk across the northern Presidentials to Mount Adams in August 1890. He was never found.

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Solo
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