FatalityOutcome: FatalFall
Fatality — Mount Washington, Aug 21, 1980
24-year-old from Hartford, CT
Patrick Kelly, 24, died after a fall while scrambling off-trail on the Headwall of Tuckerman Ravine in August 1980.
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Off trail
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