[at-l] Some good news from the Caledonian Record

[Arthur Gaudet]

Thanks Art, for the correction. 

I was going from memory on that... Risky these days. I still haven't heard/read
about where the turn-around occurred. The AMC is good about making Incident
Reports, this one will be done by Mo Ellozy, taking over from retired Gene
Daniels. It may be a few months before the whole story is told there.

One funny/sad thing - Gagnon asked his rescuers who won the Colts/Patriots
football game on Sunday, played about the time he was fighting to stay alive. He
was disappointed with the Pats loss.--RD

-----Original Message-----
From: Art Cloutman [mailto:art at crystalacresnh.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 7:28 AM
To: rockdancer97 at comcast.net
Subject: Re: [at-l] Some good news from the Caledonian Record

>  >FRANCONIA, N.H. -- A 24-year-old hiker stranded on Mt. Lafayette 
>since Saturday afternoon was found shortly after noon on >Monday alive 
>and in "fairly good condition" considering the below zero temperatures 
>and frigid winds he endured.
>
>The story is AT related, here's some additional info to help sort it out...
>
>The plan for the group hike was to reach the summit of Mt. Lafayette 
>via the Old Bridle Path Trail, passing Greenleaf Hut (closed in Winter) 
>along the way and then head South along the AT to Liberty Springs 
>Campsite to camp for the night.
>The Falling Waters Trail is the AT in the stretch from the ridge to the 
>road, Franconia Parkway. The road & parking lot are located on the 
>western side of Lafayette Ridge, the Pemigewasett Wilderness is on the 
>eastern side of Lafayette Ridge.
>
RockDancer,  I believe the section of the AT you are referring to is called The
Liberty Spring Trail not Falling Waters Trail.  Falling Waters Trail connects
the Bridle Path with Franconia Ridge where it intersects the AT on Little
Haystack Mtn.  They would have hiked along the AT from the summit of Lafayette
south bound on Franconia Ridge to  Mt Liberty then followed Liberty Spring Trail
(still the
AT) to Liberty Spring Campsite.  And then probably down Liberty Spring Trail to
Franconia Notch trailhead near the Flume Parking Lot.
-- 

Life is Good!!!
Art Cloutman