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Fatality — Presidential Range, Sep 11, 2002

·Presidential Range·Gulfside Trail

Peter Busher, 71, of Chester Gap, VA

Peter Busher, 71, of Chester Gap, VA, died of hypothermia on September 11, 2002 while attempting to traverse the Presidential Range on the Gulfside Trail during a freezing-rain storm. Documented only via secondary memorial compilations; gear and decision factors are not recorded.

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