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RescueOutcome: Rescued by SARFall

Rescue — Mt. Adams, Jun 25, 2026

·Mount Adams·Valley Way Trail

a 49-year-old from Weston, MA, hiking with his kids

On June 25, 2026, James Bell, 49, of Weston, MA, slipped and fell while descending the Valley Way Trail approximately 1.6 miles from the Appalachia Trail parking lot, suffering a serious lower-leg injury. Bell had been hiking with his children and had earlier summited Mt. Adams and Mt. John Quincy Adams. Conservation Officers and AVSAR volunteers applied a vacuum splint, carried him out in a litter, and he was transported to Androscoggin Valley Hospital in Berlin.

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