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Body recoveryOutcome: FatalFall

Body recovery — Mount Washington, Apr 1, 2012

·Mount Washington·Tuckerman Ravine

67-year-old from Boston, MA · party of 2

Norman Priebatsch, 67, lost his footing on April 1, 2012 while hiking with his son and fell into an open crevasse leading to an under-snow waterfall in Tuckerman Ravine. His body remained inaccessible under the snow until it was recovered in May 2012 as the snowpack opened.

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