Florida man died on Mt. Washington after falling off steep, rocky slope, officials said
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Davis took a railway to the summit on Wednesday with his wife, officials said, before wandering away from the observation deck around 3:20 p.m.
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Fish and Game officials were notified around 6 p.m. of Davis's disappearance, and a State Park employee successfully made phone contact with him, officials said.
Davis told the employee he was lost, officials said, but his description of his whereabouts led authorities to believe he was near the summit and would be found easily.
Yet after officials searched for him for more than an hour, Davis stopped answering his phone.
On Wednesday night, more than 24 rescuers a drone team combed the western side of the summit, officials said, searching off-trail locations until 2 a.m., when fog and wind forced them to suspend the search.
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Several more rescue agencies joined the search the next morning, officials said.
Unable to find Davis, and dealing with worsening weather conditions, officials suspended the search at nightfall on Thursday.
The search resumed Friday morning, with rescue teams concentrating on the east and south slopes.
At approximately 11 a.m., volunteer searchers found Davis's body in an off-trail area between Alpine Garden and Tuckerman Ravine trails, officials said.
An Army National Guard Blackhawk Helicopter retrieved the body just before 1 p.m., officials said.
'It was a tragic end to a tough search mission,' officials said. 'The Fish and Game Department would like to thank all the volunteers and staff who worked tirelessly to bring Davis back to his family.'
Steve Smith , a hiker and former member of the Pemigewasset Valley Search & Rescue Team, said the area where Davis's body was found is about a quarter mile from the summit.
'It's very steep, rough, and rocky up there,' he said in a text message.
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