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“Due to the remote location, and in order to avoid a strenuous carryout, the NH Army National Guard was contacted to determine if they were available to assist with a helicopter extraction,” officials said.
Rescuers used a helicopter to reach a hiker who was more than 7 miles from the trailhead on a New Hampshire mountain, officials said.
At 11:52 a.m. on May 28, a solo hiker texted New Hampshire 911 saying he had injured his leg and was unable to keep going unaided, the state’s fish and game department said in a press release Friday.
The man was on the Bondcliff Trail in Lincoln, New Hampshire, officials said. He has spend the previous night at the Guyot Shelter and had slipped while coming down a steep portion of the trail, officials said.
Conservation officials noted that the hiker, a man in his 60s from Plymouth, N.H., was well-prepared for the hike.
First responders geolocated the man and found him nearly 7.5 miles from the trailhead, conservation officers said.
“Due to the remote location, and in order to avoid a strenuous carryout, the NH Army National Guard was contacted to determine if they were available to assist with a helicopter extraction,” officials said.
By 1:30 p.m., an Army National Guard helicopter located the hiker, officials said.
Shortly after, another helicopter arrived and lowered two rescuers to help the hiker. The crew managed to move the man to an opening in the trees, officials said.
At 2:50 p.m., the hiker was lifted one of the helicopters and taken to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center to be treated for his injuries, conservation officers said.
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