The Tuesday, Nov 28, 2022, Laconia Daily Sun has a report, "How to stay safe outdoors in winter" by Jon Decker that speaks a lot about Emily Sotelo's most unhappy experience while hiking the Franconia Ridge on Nov 20.
It's a lengthy report and here's some quotes:
"Without proper equipment, it's easy for hypothermia to set in. Once that happens, it's easier to make even more mistakes."
"We're trying to make sense of something we would do when we're nice and warm, not hypothermic in a different frame of mind, reflected Eastman of Sotelo's situation. "Your hands and feet don't work the way you want to, you're panicking. She could have been in a bad spot before she hit the dogleg. The reason she got into the position she was in was because she was poorly provisioned, didn't have lights, means to start a fire, means to get out of there." ..... quote from Capt Mike Eastman, NH Fish & Game
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"How Does a Person Freeze to Death? "....... what happens? .....
http://www.livescience.com/6008-pers...eze-death.html ...... Jan 30, 2019
Something to ponder while totally warm and comfy, indoors on a cold wintry night......... yuuuh! .........
11-29-2022, 07:45 PM
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