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FatalityOutcome: FatalHypothermia

Fatality — Mount Washington, Jan 31, 1932

·Mount Washington·Near the Lizzie Bourne monument

22-year-old, winter ascent partner · party of 2

Ernest W. McAdams, 22, froze to death along with his partner Joseph B. Chadwick during a winter ascent of Mount Washington in January 1932. Both died in the same storm near the Lizzie Bourne monument.

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