“I think Mount Washington has claimed the lives of more visiters than any other mountain in North America.”
Yea, the last time I checked, downshifting an automatic transmission was not on a driver’s test. Bottom line, if you are going to operate machinery, take a few minutes to understand it (especially you feminists).
Most of fatalities were hikers. I’m not counting traffic and rail accidents. It’s quit a narrow road, with a shear drop and no guard rail in places. My wife made me turn around about 2/3’s of the way up, first time I attempted it. Actually, since most people trust their own driving, I had her drive up. She pulled into a parking spot about 2/3’s up and had me drive down.
I came back latter in my 4WD standard transmission Ford Ranger and took it myself, no real problem. There have only been two fatalities on the mountain road, one a carriage accident in 1880 and an auto accident in 1984 due to brake failure.
They have a cog railway in operation since 1869, that suffered a derailment in 1967, killing eight passengers.well.