Man hiking solo found dead trying to summit Mt. Lincoln

Union Leader ^ | December 25, 2022 | Jonathan Phelps

[Flick Lives]

Mt Lincoln is 5,000 ft. Not quite as high as Mt Washington at over 6,000, but those mountains can be dangerous to climb in the summer if the weather turns.

[Flick Lives]

Hypothermia.

[higgmeister]

I have my compass on the board right above my desk.   I wouldn't attempt to use a GPS in the wilderness where there are few relative landmarks to verify locations.

[coloradan]

Heading into the high country during a record-breaking blizzard and arctic blast seems like asking for trouble. Maybe let the weather warm up 20 or 30 degrees first? Back up to only freezing?

[Getready]

They probably watched a video of people hiking in the snow. Videos don’t let you feel the cold freezing your body and making your brain malfunction.

[moovova]

COVID obviously.

[Does so]

>>The weather in the White Mtns. Is capable of killing you with little warning. In the late 80’s I did the Mt. Washington Hillclimb race (bicycle). It was sunny and 80 at the start, and 45 and 10 foot visibility at the top. Although I now live at 7500’ in New Mexico, and have spent a fair amount of time hiking and cross country skiing above 10000’, the weather here is far less scary.<<

My CA sister gave me a “White Mountains” T-shirt.

The image didn’t look familiar to me, and looked up “White Mountains”.

Sure enough, NM has its own “White Mountains”!