Tuesday, August 28, 2012

3 Unprepared hikers rescued on Mount Washington

PINKHAM NOTCH, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Fish and Game officers have come to the aid of three hikers who stopped on a Mount Washington trail when it got too dark.

The hikers from Maine were guided down Tuckerman’s Ravine Trail on Monday night after calling 911.

They were identified as 70-year-old John Reinsboroug and his wife, 67-year-old Elizabeth Reinsboroug, both of Readfield, and their friend, 71-year-old Nancy Russell of Kents Hill.

The Fish and Game Department said the hikers were not carrying any lights.

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