N.H. National Guard rescues rock climber after 60-foot free-fall off Mount Washington
New Hampshire Fish and Game said they coordinated a rescue that involved multiple agencies, including a team of elite rock climbers from the Mountain Rescue Service and a Blackhawk helicopter and crew from the N.H. Army National Guard to provide support from the air.
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Favorable weather conditions allowed the Army National Guard crew to hoist the climber from Huntington Ravine at about 3 p.m. and fly him to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., which is about
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Officials at Fish and Game said Lamb-Wotton arrived at the hospital alive, but his condition is not currently known.
A spokesperson for Dartmouth Health said the hospital is not authorized to release any additional information about Lamb-Wotton.
Fish and Game officials said if the hikers hadn't alerted the climbers about Lamb-Wotton's fall, it could have taken hours or even days for first responders to locate him.
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'Trust your intuition,' he wrote. 'I've done this route twice before but I felt (sic) off going into it yesterday. I forced it and now have to deal with the consequences of ~60 ft tumble. Just a small reminder everyone is human.'
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