Rescuers from multiple groups carried an injured hiker through roughly a mile and a half of “rough terrain” on Mount Jefferson in New Hampshire Sunday night.
According to New Hampshire Fish and Game officials, the hiker, a 65-year-old woman from Maine, slipped and fell from a rock at around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, August 9. The hiker was reportedly hiking along the Link Trail on the north side of Mount Jefferson at the time, and the fall left her unable to walk.
Her daughter was hiking with her and called 911 for help.
Conservation officers were notified of the incident shortly before 7 p.m.
Officials said the hiker was 1.6 miles from the Caps Ridge Trailhead in “rough terrain,” so conservation officers called upon the assistance of volunteers from the Androscoggin Valley Search and Rescue Team and Pemigewassett Valley Search and Rescue Team to help with the carryout.
By 9:40 p.m., the first wave of rescuers arrived at the hiker’s location. She was given first aid and then packaged in a litter.
Once packaged, the rescue team of three conservation officers and 34 volunteers began carrying her back to the Caps Ridge Trailhead.
At 1:47 a.m., on the morning of August 10, the rescue crew arrived safely with the hiker at the Caps Ridge Trailhead.
The hiker was evaluated and subsequently taken by Twin Mountain Ambulance to Littleton Regional Hospital to seek treatment for her injuries.
