Rescuers helped guide a hiker who was suffering a medical emergency on New Hampshire’s Falling Waters Trail to safety yesterday.
According to New Hampshire Fish and Game officials, conservation officers received a report of a hiker suffering an emergency on the Falling Waters Trail roughly 2.5 miles from the trailhead at around 4 p.m. on Thursday, June 4.
A good Samaritan had reportedly come across the ailing hiker and was trying to help him down the trail. The good Samaritan continued to help the hiker slowly down the trail while two conservation officers hiked up to assist.
By 5:30 p.m., the first conservation officer arrived with the pair at Cloudland Falls. The officer provided the hiker with fluids and the group continued slowly to the trailhead where they arrived just before 7 p.m.
The hiker was assessed by LinWood Ambulance but chose to rest and continue home on their own.
Officials said the 52-year-old hiker had started hiking earlier in the day to summit Little Haystack Mountain. Before arriving at the summit, officials said he made “a wise choice” to turn around and come down as a sudden illness was making it difficult to continue.
Officials said the hiker was well prepared with more than the 10 essentials in his pack.
