“109° Below” is a powerful film examining the events surrounding an attempted rescue on Mount Washington in 1982.
Produced by Arc’teryx, the film explores the dangers of Mount Washington, what elite rescue volunteers go through to save strangers, and how the tragic incident ultimately changed the future of prosthetics forever.
Climbers dragged an unresponsive hiker to safety through two miles of snow and dangerously cold conditions on Mount Washington on Saturday, January 31. According to an article on Courant.com, the conditions on Mount Washington were gusty winds and temperatures of five below zero. When Connecticut hiker Monoswita Saha, 28, began to drift in…
A hiker had to be carried off New Hampshire's Mount Washington Saturday night after she injured her leg and was unable to continue hiking. According to New Hampshire Fish and Game officials, they received a report of an injured hiker on the Jewell Trail at roughly 8:20 p.m. The caller reported…
Rescuers helped two hikers in separate incidents on New Hampshire's Mount Washington on Sunday. According to New Hampshire Fish and Game officials, at around 2:45 p.m., conservation officers were notified of a hiker stuck in steep ground below the headwall of the Great Gulf adjacent to the Gulfside Trail. The…
