Lost and found in the Whites

“Young woman hiker rescued after becoming lost

From: http://www4.fosters.com/News2003/May2003/May_19/News/reg_nh0519b.asp

HART’S LOCATION, N.H. (AP) — A Columbia University student, hiking with her father and brother, became lost in the White Mountains for about 11 hours before she was found safe at 2:30 Sunday morning.

Laura Coradetti, 20, was found by Fish and Game officers sitting on a rock in the dark, cold and hungry, a few hundred yards off the trail, Fish and Game Sgt. Jim Goss said. It took another 90 minutes to walk with her the four miles back to Route 302, he said.

Coradetti, an inexperienced hiker, had no gear or light.

She had begun hiking with her father, Thomas Coradetti of Princeton, N.J., and her brother, who is in his mid 20s. However, after about an hour, she began having stomach pains and turned back to return to the car at about 3 p.m. while her father and brother continued on to hike Mt. Crawford, Goss said.

When she began to feel better, she tried to catch up with the other two, but missed the turn to Mt. Crawford.

Father and son returned to find her missing, searched for a while and then called for help at about 8 p.m. , Goss said. Three Fish and Game officers began searching at about 9:30 p.m. and she heard them calling five hours later.”

“For me, the lesson to this story is that you shouldn't lose sight of your bigger committments when you pursue a goal (like bagging a peak or racking up miles).

When I go with my kids or people I feel responsible for (no matter how old), I stick with whoever is having a hard time, whoever is hurting - not with the person who is doing what I most want to do.”

“I concur with pedxing, everyone should stay together.”

“What are you doing here?

I thought you were in Maine, and was holding off on my trip report for the Pemigewasset until I figured you'd be back in town.

Am not sure I will get to it before next week.


Great weather.

SHort hike monday afternoon (Tecumseh) and long hike on Tuesday (the trhee bonds).

I will flesh that out some later . . .including the 2.5 mile mistake in the middle of a 25.5 mile day.”

“Well Lee, I was due to leave for Maine early this afternoon, after my son gets home from school - but I am rethinking that (see my "rained out?" thread).”