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FatalityOutcome: FatalHypothermia

Fatality — Mount Washington, Sep 12, 1962

·Mount Washington·Nelson Crag

67-year-old from Melrose, MA

Alfred Dickinson, 67, died of exposure on Nelson Crag on Mount Washington in September 1962.

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