Skydiver Killed In Hiking Accident

[NovaTTT 2]

This poor guy seems to have had a run of bad luck. Condolences to F & F.

Fall From Mt. Washington

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[skyrider 0]

Sucks....

[k-dubjumps 0]

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Baillie reportedly had just beaten cancer.

Adrenaline is my crack

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[JohnRich 4]

Tough break. Areas around waterfalls are often slippery from algae growing in the moisture. More developed trails will sometimes have a rail back from the edge to keep people away. Beware.

[blacklabjumper 0]

he was at the head wall to tuckerman's ravine. That is some steep stuff and very dangerous. I have skied down from the headwall into the bowl at the bottom of the ravine. There is a definite pucker factor standing at the top of the headwall.

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[JohnRich 4]

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he was at the head wall to tuckerman's ravine. That is some steep stuff and very dangerous.

http://www.tuckerman.org/tuckerman/tuckerman.htm

Looks like no place for the unprepared. I'm not saying that Baillie was unprepared, but being from New Jersey, this would definitely be some terrain that was quite different from what he was used to back home.

[wmw999 2,555]

I've never gone all the way up Tuckerman, but I've climbed Mt. Washington all the way on another trail, and partway up Tuckerman.

There are sections of the mountain where attention must be paid to footing regardless of the time of year. I climbed in early October; top is always icy and snowy, in October there was ice on plenty of rocks that I had to go across down lower, too.

And Tuckerman is quite famous for its snow avalanches; my father was lucky in one in the 40's. It's a great hike, though. Just warrants being prepared.

Wendy P.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[LuckyMcSwervy 0]

Chris worked Manifest at Cross Keys. He was really an amazing young man.

I wish there were more young people like him in the world.

Always be kinder than you feel.