Episode 97 - Franconia Ridge, White Mountains History, Anatomy of Michael Miller Search

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Welcome to the Sounds Like a Search and Rescue Podcast! Also known as SLASR. Join an experienced search and rescue volunteer and his friend as they discuss all things related to hiking and search and rescue in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

This week, In the run up to episode 100 - we continue to revisit some early episodes to clean up some topics. This week the focus is on Franconia Ridge. We will revisit our advice on all the trail systems in and around franconia ridge. We will also give our tips on safety considering this is the busiest part of NH for search and rescue calls. Also we are going to revisit the Michael Miller Search and Rescue from 1983 on Franconia, we recently picked up the Appalachia accident report from Summer 1984 so we will break down the search day by day and ask Stomp to give his perspective. All this plus trail names, AT Thru hikers quitting the trail dramatically, Golden Gaiter recap, and Stomp will read a preview of our Hallmark movie script called Kittens for Waterville.

Topics

• St. Patty's / March Madness

• Tuckerman Inferno / Wildman Biathlon

• SLASR Makes the news

• Kids from the UK lose their passports

• Oldest Female attempting to complete the AT 

• Thru Hikers are quitting the AT dramatically 

• Mount Washington Road Race

• Shawn Mahoney / Larry the Log is on the PCT - help him raise funds for Wounded Warriors

• Nahamsha Hiker on the AT

• White Mountain History - Brook Trail and reflections on the mental health benefits of hiking

• Martin Pazzani and Keith Gentili are hosting a virtual event on April 4th at 7pm

• Tubing on Tenney Mountain

• Pop Culture Talk

• Recent Hikes

• Segment of the Week - Franconia Ridge

• Michael Miller - Day by Day Search summary

• Recent SAR News 

Show Notes

• Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews

• SLASR Merchandise

• SLASR LinkTree

• Tuckerman Inferno Pentathlon this weekend

• British kids stranded in US after SHREDDING their passports

• Oldest female on the AT, almost done

• Shawn Mahoney's new fundraiser 

• Taylor the Nahamsha Hiker

• AMC Bulletin - 1895

• John Coleman Adams

• Martin Pazzani and Keith Gentili are hosting a virtual event

• Outlast on Netflix

• GPS Track for Mount Cannon

• Rescue in Mt. Washington State Park, Massachusetts 

• Rescue Mt Wachusett

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