Routine day hike becomes three-day nightmare, and more

Scott Mason, a 17-year-old Eagle Scout, is doing fine after being stranded for almost three days on New Hampshire’s Mount Washington.

Routine day hike becomes three-day nightmare

Scott Mason, a 17-year-old Eagle Scout, is doing fine after being stranded for almost three days on New Hampshire’s Mount Washington. Having sprained his ankle during a routine day hike, Mason decided to take a short cut down the 6,288-foot peak. But when unexpected snow runoff and rough rivers blocked his passage, he was forced into areas without marked trails and couldn’t make it down the mountain. He slept beneath pine trees and in large crevasses, and started fires with hand-sanitizer gel. He was finally spotted by rescuers after he decided to head up the mountain, toward a weather observatory. “I would never hike alone again in snow conditions,” he commented.

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