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FatalityOutcome: FatalFall

Fatality — Mount Washington, Mar 24, 1983

·Mount Washington

23-year-old from Scotia, NY

Kenneth Hokenson, 23, died after a sliding fall on the icy summit cone of Mount Washington in March 1983. A separate sliding-fall death of Mark Brockman occurred three days later in similar conditions.

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