Rescue crews carried a hiker battling severe cramps for more than two miles down a mountain in New Hampshire on Friday.
According to New Hampshire Fish and Game officials, they were notified of a hiker experiencing severe cramps on the South Moat Trail shortly before 4 p.m. on Friday, September 26.
The hiker, a 74-year-old man from Sandwich, Massachusetts, was hiking with a friend. They were returning from the summit of South Moat Mountain when he reportedly began having severe cramps in his legs and arms.
His partner tried to rehydrate the hiker for nearly an hour so that he could continue on his own. When the cramps did not subside, he called 911 for help. The hikers were more than two miles from the trailhead.
Members of the Lakes Region Search and Rescue team, along with a conservation officers and a Good Samaritan responded to the scene.
Rescuers placed the hiker in a litter and carried him out. He arrived back at the trailhead shortly after 9 p.m. and was taken by ambulance to the Memorial Hospital in North Conway for treatment.
