For the second time this week, rescuers in New Hampshire carried an injured hiker over roughly three miles of trail to safety.
According to New Hampshire Fish and Game officials, conservation officers along with search and rescue volunteers from Andoscoggin Valley Search and Rescue and Pemigewasset Valley Search and Rescue carried out an injured hiker from the Gray Knob Randolph Mountain Club cabin in Low & Burbank’s Grant on Thursday, August 6.
The hiker, a 75-year-old woman from Vermont, had reportedly suffered an unknow leg injury the previous night while descending the Gray Knob Trail towards the cabin.
Fortunately for the hiker, the Randolph Mountain Club (RMC) caretaker came upon her shortly after the injury.
He returned to Gray Knob Cabin, where he got a litter and enlisted the help of a couple other hikers and carried the hiker to the cabin. There she spent the night and a rescue response was initated in the morning.
The hiker had reportedly started her hike earlier that day by hiking up Castle Trail to Israel Ridge Path, with her ultimate destination being the Perch lean-to where she was hoping to spend the night. Finding it full, she then decided to hike down to Gray Knob.
More than 20 rescuers made up of volunteers and conservation officers hiked up nearly three miles to Gray Knob Cabin and secured the hiker in a litter.
She was then carried down to the bottom via Lowe’s Path arriving road side at 1:22 p.m. The hiker was transferred to the Gorham Ambuance and ultimately transported the Androscoggin Valley Hospital in Berlin.
Officials said the hiker did possess a Hike Safe card.
It’s the second time this week rescuers carried an injured hiker roughly three miles to safety. On Wednesday, rescuers carried an injured hiker from Zealand Falls Hut.
