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Ykcutnek

(1,305 posts) Tue Feb 17, 2015, 01:41 AM Feb 2015

Banker wife of JP Morgan Vice President found dead [View all]

An investment banker was found dead in the Northeast's tallest mountain range on Monday afternoon - 24 hours after she called for help as she hiked through 100 mph winds.

Kate Matrosova, 32, arrived at the base of New Hampshire's 6,300ft Mount Madison at 5am on Sunday, dropped off by her husband Charlie Farhoodi, who is listed on LinkedIn as the Vice President of JP Morgan.

Within hours she activated an emergency beacon amid treacherous conditions but a team was unable to locate her in the blizzard.

Her body was found 24 hours later. It appears she died of exposure to the extreme temperatures overnight.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2956538/PICTURED-32-year-old-banker-wife-JP-Morgan-Vice-President-dead-24-hours-activated-emergency-beacon-climbing-New-Hampshire-treacherous-conditions-100mph-winds.html

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Banker wife of JP Morgan Vice President found dead [View all] Ykcutnek Feb 2015 OP

Only 32 - tragic. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Feb 2015 #1

her husband dropped her off to hike in the mountains alone and within hours she's going through ND-Dem Feb 2015 #2

Who hikes alone? Control-Z Feb 2015 #4

Well that didn't take long. zappaman Feb 2015 #6

Just a common sense observation. Control-Z Feb 2015 #11

She sounds like an experienced hiker/climber too, very weird she didn't check weather. I agree. nt Mnemosyne Feb 2015 #5

She probably became disoriented ProudToBeBlueInRhody Feb 2015 #17

Doing what she loved. Pic of her last month in the snowy forest: freshwest Feb 2015 #3

I think they generally check the weather, however. And someone was with her in that ND-Dem Feb 2015 #7

K&R DeSwiss Feb 2015 #8

Yes. Control-Z Feb 2015 #12

I watched the report recently, they mentioned the gps signal was all over the place jakeXT Feb 2015 #9

What does that mean? Control-Z Feb 2015 #13

I had to read up on it, and I don't know which system she used jakeXT Feb 2015 #14

very sad, many people underestimate the danger of things like weather JI7 Feb 2015 #10

Here's a current webcam of the area catnhatnh Feb 2015 #15

"THE Vice President of JP Morgan" alcibiades_mystery Feb 2015 #16

There are many oddities in the story... Phentex Feb 2015 #21

Who in their right mind would climb a mountain in NE with the current weather? chrisa Feb 2015 #18

It sounds like that latter... Phentex Feb 2015 #20

Also looks like a sudden storm. A lot of people have perished who were experts in the PNW this way. freshwest Feb 2015 #22

That's sad. bigwillq Feb 2015 #19