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Fatality — Mount Washington, Aug 13, 2012

·Mount Washington·Tuckerman Ravine Trail

57-year-old male from Sharon, Massachusetts · party of 3

Gary Muise, a 57-year-old man from Sharon, Massachusetts, collapsed and died from a medical emergency approximately 2.5 miles from Pinkham Notch Visitors Center on the Tuckerman Ravine Trail on August 13, 2012. He was hiking with his two teenage daughters (ages 15 and 18) when he collapsed; AMC staff and other hikers responded but were unable to resuscitate him. His body was transported down the mountain by NH Fish and Game Conservation Officers, AMC staff, and Mountain Rescue Service volunteers.

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