Published Jan 16, 2012 at 12:28 pm (Updated Jan 16, 2012)
CRAWFORD NOTCH - Two experienced Maryland hikers were in great condition when they walked out of Shoestring Gully on Mount Webster early Monday morning, long overdue after a more arduous hike down the mountain than they expected.
New Hampshire Fish and Game Conservation Officer Alex Lopashanski said the wife of Greg Kozloski, 33, of Darlington, Md. reported him and his hiking partner, Richard Brown, 30, of Bel Air, Md., overdue about 10 p.m. Sunday night.
State Police Troop F located their car on Route 302 across from the gully.
Kozloski and Brown, both experienced climbers, had planned to hike 2,500 feet up to the ridge of Mount Webster, the last 600 feet of which involves “technical climbing,” according to Lopashanski.
Lopashanski arrived at the scene about 1:20 a.m. Monday to see two headlamps coming out of the trail. The men had made it to the ridge but, instead of coming down the trail, they descended through the woods which took them much longer than they anticipated, Lopashanski explained.
Both were well-prepared for the hike and in fine shape, he said.
They left an itinerary with Lopashanski’s wife which, had either man been in trouble, would have made it quicker and easier for Fish & Game to locate them.
“They did a lot of things right,” Lopashanski said.
New Hampshire Fish and Game Conservation Officer Alex Lopashanski said the wife of Greg Kozloski, 33, of Darlington, Md. reported him and his hiking partner, Richard Brown, 30, of Bel Air, Md., overdue about 10 p.m. Sunday night.
State Police Troop F located their car on Route 302 across from the gully.
Kozloski and Brown, both experienced climbers, had planned to hike 2,500 feet up to the ridge of Mount Webster, the last 600 feet of which involves “technical climbing,” according to Lopashanski.
Lopashanski arrived at the scene about 1:20 a.m. Monday to see two headlamps coming out of the trail. The men had made it to the ridge but, instead of coming down the trail, they descended through the woods which took them much longer than they anticipated, Lopashanski explained.
Both were well-prepared for the hike and in fine shape, he said.
They left an itinerary with Lopashanski’s wife which, had either man been in trouble, would have made it quicker and easier for Fish & Game to locate them.
“They did a lot of things right,” Lopashanski said.
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