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Rescue — Mt. Washington, Jul 2, 2025

·Mount Washington·Huntington Ravine / Pinnacle Buttress

Lukas Lamb Wotton, 31, of New Orleans, LA

On the afternoon of July 2, 2025, Lukas Lamb Wotton, 31, free-fell approximately 60 feet while rock climbing in the Pinnacle Buttress area of Huntington Ravine on Mt. Washington, sustaining multiple potentially life-threatening injuries. Bystander hikers alerted nearby climbers who provided first aid, and a NH Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter hoisted Wotton from the ravine shortly after 3:00 p.m. He was flown to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, arriving alive.

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