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Yahoo
18 hours ago
- General
- Yahoo
DEC Ranger Roundup: Rescues, training highlighted
RAY BROOK — New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers responded to several calls last week. Essex County Town of North Elba- Wilderness rescue Forest Ranger Praczkajlo responded to a call for a reportedly deceased hiker on Cascade Mountain at 9 a.m. May 24. Two hikers had called 911 to report the third member of their hiking party had died. When the hikers encountered the Cascade Summit Steward, the pair also advised that they were lost. The steward determined the hikers were in an altered mental state, the third member of their party called and was not injured. Ranger Praczkajlo escorted the two hikers, who had ingested hallucinogenic mushrooms, to a waiting ambulance and New York State Police unit. Ranger Praczkajlo escorted the third hiker back to their campsite. Wilderness Search Ray Brook Dispatch requested Forest Ranger assistance with a group of three hikers on the Marcy Dam truck trail at 10:41 p.m. May 26. The hikers from Georgia could not get out of the woods because they didn't have adequate light sources. Ranger Duchene found the hikers and escorted them out of the woods. Town of Newcomb Training Twelve new Assistant Forest Rangers attended training at SUNY ESF's Newcomb campus from May 18 to 23. The 12 AFRs join eight returning AFRs from last summer. AFRs trained in communications, Leave No TraceTM principles, State land rules and regulations, land navigation, wildland fire and wilderness first aid. For the spring and summer hiking seasons, 12 AFRs will be stationed in the Adirondacks, five in the Catskills and three in Western New York.
CBS News
3 days ago
- General
- CBS News
Hikers' report of companion's death turns out to be greatly exaggerated
North Elba, N.Y. — Mark Twain is widely thought to have said that reports of his death had been greatly exaggerated, though the quote itself may have been greatly exaggerated. The same can certainly be said about the fate of a hiker in upstate New York. Two hikers in New York's Adirondack Mountains called 911 to report a third member of their party had died, but it turned out they had taken hallucinogenic mushrooms and were mistaken, officials said Wednesday. A state forest ranger responded to a call Saturday about a hiker who had reportedly died on Cascade Mountain, a popular summit in the Adirondack High Peaks, the Department of Environmental Conservation said in a news release. The two hikers who called 911 also told a steward on the mountain's summit that they were lost. The steward "determined the hikers were in an altered mental state," according to the agency. The supposedly dead person called and was not injured. The ranger escorted the two hikers down to an ambulance, which took them to a hospital, and brought the third to the group's campsite, where they all later met up, officials said.
CBS News
3 days ago
- General
- CBS News
Hikers' report of companion's death turn out to be greatly exaggerated
North Elba, N.Y. — Mark Twain is widely thought to have said that reports of his death had been greatly exaggerated, though the quote itself may have been greatly exaggerated. The same can certainly be said about the fate of a hiker in upstate New York. Two hikers in New York's Adirondack Mountains called 911 to report a third member of their party had died, but it turned out they had taken hallucinogenic mushrooms and were mistaken, officials said Wednesday. A state forest ranger responded to a call Saturday about a hiker who had reportedly died on Cascade Mountain, a popular summit in the Adirondack High Peaks, the Department of Environmental Conservation said in a news release. The two hikers who called 911 also told a steward on the mountain's summit that they were lost. The steward "determined the hikers were in an altered mental state," according to the agency. The supposedly dead person called and was not injured. The ranger escorted the two hikers down to an ambulance, which took them to a hospital, and brought the third to the group's campsite, where they all later met up, officials said.
