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catnhatnh

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15. Here's a current webcam of the area

Reply to Ykcutnek (Original post)

Tue Feb 17, 2015, 12:07 PM

Feb 2015

https://www.mountwashington.org/premium-content/webcam-videos/north-view.aspx

Summit of Mt. Washington-where the camera is located-is currently 1 degree with a windchill of -19 degrees, which is pretty nice for this time of the year.

The photo shows a well-prepared hiker but the conditions were appalling. The word "blizzard" is tossed around a lot but for outdoorsmen the meaning is very specific. The beacon is described as "line of sight". How good do you think the line of sight was in a heavy forest in a blizzard?

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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