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Related: About this forumMissing Massachusetts Hiker Found Dead on NH Mountain
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/search-for-missing-hiker-in-nh-now-a-recovery-operation-officials-say/2902276/Missing Massachusetts Hiker Found Dead on NH Mountain
Emily Sotelo, 19, of Westford, was dropped off Sunday morning at a Franconia Notch State Park campground but never returned
By Marc Fortier Published November 23, 2022 Updated on November 24, 2022 at 12:21 am
A hiker who went missing in New Hampshire last weekend was found dead on Wednesday morning, officials said.
Emily Sotelo, 19, of Westford, Massachusetts, was dropped off Sunday morning at a Franconia Notch State Park campground, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department said. Her hiking route included Mount Lafayette, Haystack, and Flume. The Boston Globe said she was attempting to finish hiking all 48 of the 4,000-foot mountains in New Hampshire before her 20th birthday this week.
Capt. Michael Eastman of New Hampshire Fish and Game's Law Enforcement Division said Sotelo was found around 11 a.m. by Fish and Game conservation officers on Mount Lafayette and was taken off the mountain by the New Hampshire National Guard.
He said she was located between Lafayette Brook and the mountain's summit. Search crews had found some indication Tuesday that she had gone into that area but ran out of daylight and resumed their search on Wednesday.
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Emily Sotelo, 19, of Westford, was dropped off Sunday morning at a Franconia Notch State Park campground but never returned
By Marc Fortier Published November 23, 2022 Updated on November 24, 2022 at 12:21 am
A hiker who went missing in New Hampshire last weekend was found dead on Wednesday morning, officials said.
Emily Sotelo, 19, of Westford, Massachusetts, was dropped off Sunday morning at a Franconia Notch State Park campground, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department said. Her hiking route included Mount Lafayette, Haystack, and Flume. The Boston Globe said she was attempting to finish hiking all 48 of the 4,000-foot mountains in New Hampshire before her 20th birthday this week.
Capt. Michael Eastman of New Hampshire Fish and Game's Law Enforcement Division said Sotelo was found around 11 a.m. by Fish and Game conservation officers on Mount Lafayette and was taken off the mountain by the New Hampshire National Guard.
He said she was located between Lafayette Brook and the mountain's summit. Search crews had found some indication Tuesday that she had gone into that area but ran out of daylight and resumed their search on Wednesday.
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Missing Massachusetts Hiker Found Dead on NH Mountain (Original Post)
sl8
Nov 2022
OP
That's very tough terrain in high winds and snow, especially the trail going up.
Ford_Prefect
Nov 2022
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GPV
(72,986 posts)1. I'm so sorry for her and her family.
Otto_Harper
(585 posts)2. As i read some of the details about this incident
I suspect she got caught out in the dark, without adequate equipment and/or training. Temperatures would have been low teens or even single digits with winds in the 30 - 40 mph range. Subzero wind chill. If she wasn't equipped and prepared to stay out overnight, that would have been the end.
Sneederbunk
(15,002 posts)3. Never hike alone.
twodogsbarking
(12,188 posts)6. Put that on a shirt.
dem4decades
(11,864 posts)4. Horrible, so many things that should have been done to protect her.
Ford_Prefect
(8,197 posts)5. That's very tough terrain in high winds and snow, especially the trail going up.
Mopar151
(10,171 posts)7. White Mountains are no joke.
World class trouble, an easy walk from a paved road. Worst observed weather on earth @ Mt. Washington! The closest thing that high in the weather tracks to the west are the Canadian Rockies- They ship the weather in by refrigerated freight!