A hypothermic Kentucky man set out on New Hampshire’s Mount Washington unprepared Thursday, fell off the trail, hit his head and lost his sneakers, officials said. He was reportedly rescued.
According to New Hampshire Fish and Game, the 23-year-old man, identified as Joabe Barbosa of Georgetown, Kentucky, was hiking when he veered off the trail and entered Ammonoosook Canyon around 6:45 p.m.
“While descending into the ravine, Barboza fell and hit his head and face, lost one of his sneakers, and eventually suffered from hypothermia,” the station said in a statement.
Barbosa called 911 for help, and authorities used GPS coordinates to locate the hiker.
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Officials said Barbosa was “unprepared” when he set out for Mount Washington in New Hampshire, but when he veered off the road, he fell, hit his head and lost his sneakers. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images)
“Coordinates showed Barbosa to be north of the Ammonoosk Valley Trail at approximately 3,600 feet elevation and well off the drainage valley trail along one of the tributaries of the Ammonoosk River,” according to NH Fish and Game. Ta.
Officials said Barbosa was found “at a fairly remote location” north of the Ammonoosk Canyon Trail. (Jessica Rinaldi/Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Conservation officers and volunteer paramedics from Androscoggin Valley Search and Rescue arrived in Barbosa just before 10:30 p.m., the agency said.
Rescuers provided Barboza with boots, food, hot drinks, proper winter clothing and a headlamp and took him back to the trail.
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“Mr. Barbosa was not prepared for removal,” the N.H. Fish and Game Law Enforcement Division said in a statement.
Just over three hours after finding Barbosa, the group arrived at the Cog Railroad base station, where Barbosa received initial treatment for his injuries.
Mount Washington is the highest mountain in the northeastern United States at 6,288 feet above sea level. (The Boston Globe’s Aram Bogosian, via Getty Images)
Mr. Barbosa was taken to Littleton Regional Medical Center for further treatment. His current condition was not immediately disclosed.
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Mount Washington is the highest mountain in the northeastern United States at 6,288 feet.
