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Fatality — Mount Washington, Sep 16, 2017

·Mount Washington·Lion Head Trail (~2.5 miles from Pinkham Notch Visitor Center)

Rolf Diamon, 66, of Windham, Maine · party of 2

Diamon was ascending the Lion Head Trail with his son on the morning of September 16, 2017, when he became ill and collapsed. His son and other hikers performed CPR, and a National Guard Black Hawk hoisted him off the mountain, but he died despite resuscitation efforts.

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