FatalityOutcome: FatalDrowning

Fatality — Mount Washington, Oct 10, 1971

Oct 10, 1971·Mount Washington·Dry River

18-year-old from Wayland, MA

Geoffrey Bowdoin, 18, drowned in the Dry River in October 1971.

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