Episode 141 - Rescue on Mt. Washington and recap of a Zealand - Bonds Traverse

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 This week,  a recent rescue on Mount Washington involving the Cog Railway and a team of rescuers who had to face challenging weather to cut across the West Side Trail to save a solo hiker, plus Scarlett, Littlefoot finishes her Winter 4000 footer list, Snowmobile Crashes, a tough Zealand Bonds traverse hiking recap and some search and rescue news from Mount Avalon and Welch Dickey. 

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Topics

• Technical difficulties - Our guest will be here next week

• Listener in Antarctica

• Mount Washington Rescue from the weekend

• Eyewitness account of the event (21:00) 

• Congrats to LittleFoot - Winter 4k finish 

• Boston Outdoor Expo 

• Frostbite medication could be a game changer

• Misc - Human remains in the Berkshires, Selfie in a zoo lion den, Cougar attacks

• Recent Hike - Zealand Hut, Zealand - Bonds Traverse

• Recent Search and Rescue News 

Show Notes

• Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews

• SLASR Merchandise

• SLASR LinkTree

• The Other 52 - A Hiker’s Guide to the lower 52 Peaks of the New Hampshire 100 Highest - Buy the Book

• McMurdo Station

• Portsmouth man rescued Lake of the Clouds

• Hiker Describes 11 Hour Ordeal on Mount Washington

• Description of events from Reddit user u/SimNine

• A new medication to treat severe frostbite

• Boston Outdoor Expo

• A new medication to treat severe frostbite

• Human remains identified in the Berkshires as those of woman missing since Oct. 30th, 2023

• Another death doing what they love

• Cyclists in Seattle attacked by cougar

• GPS Track - Parking Lot to Zealand Hut 

• GPS Track - Zealand - Bonds Traverse 

• Rescue on Welch Mtn

• Rescue on Mt. Avalon

• Sled crash without helmet

• Another interesting sled crash

• All hands on deck crash

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