Rescuers carried a hiker who suffered a leg injury for nearly two miles off Mount Cardigan in New Hampshire on Sunday.
According to New Hampshire Fish and Game officials, conservation officers received a report of an injured hiker on the Holt Trail on Mount Cardigan in Orange, New Hampshire at 2:45 p.m. on Sunday, October 25.
Conservation officers responded to the trailhead along with personnel from the fire departments in Canaan, Enfield, Rumney, Bristol, and Alexandria. Ten members from the Upper Valley Wilderness Response Team also responded to the scene.
Rescuers hiked to within 0.2 miles of the summit to reach the injured 53-year-old hiker from Massachusetts.
The hiker was reportedly hiking down the Holt Trail when he fell, sustaining an injury that required a carryout.
Rescuers carried the hiker nearly two miles to the trailhead, arriving at 8 p.m.
The hiker was then taken to Speare Memorial Hospital by the Bristol Fire Department Ambulance.
