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Fatality — Mount Washington, Feb 14, 1979

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26-year-old from Melrose, MA · party of 2

Paul Flanigan, 26, died in Huntington Ravine alongside his partner David Shoemaker during a severe winter storm on February 14, 1979. Cause of death involved a fall compounded by hypothermia.

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