Rescuers bring James Shanley, 68, of Montpelier, Vt., down Tuckerman Ravine Sunday. Due to weather conditions, the only helicopter that could airlift him out was a Coast Guard Jayhawk from Weymouth, Mass. (PHOTO COURTESY MOUNT WASHINGTON AVALANCHE CENTER)
As rescuers assist on the ground, a Coast Guard Jayhawk lowers a rope to hoist a Vermont skier who was injured after hitting rocks in Tuckerman Ravine on Sunday. (COURTESY GORHAM NH FIRE & EMS)
Rescuers bring James Shanley, 68, of Montpelier, Vt., down Tuckerman Ravine Sunday. Due to weather conditions, the only helicopter that could airlift him out was a Coast Guard Jayhawk from Weymouth, Mass. (PHOTO COURTESY MOUNT WASHINGTON AVALANCHE CENTER)
As rescuers assist on the ground, a Coast Guard Jayhawk lowers a rope to hoist a Vermont skier who was injured after hitting rocks in Tuckerman Ravine on Sunday. (COURTESY GORHAM NH FIRE & EMS)
SARGENT'S PURCHASE — The Coast Guard was called to Mount Washington on Sunday to airlift an injured skier who had collided with rocks at Tuckerman Ravine.Â
According to a blog post by Mount Washington Avalanche Center Lead Snow Ranger Frank Carus, at about 1:20 p.m. Sunday, a Mount Washington volunteer ski patroller radioed to say that a skier had taken a "sliding fall" down a 35-degree snow slope onto a patch of rocky ground.
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