March 29, 2024
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Rescue under way on Mount Katahdin

BAXTER STATE PARK – An injured man and his hiking party remained on Mount Katahdin on Monday night while rescuers attempted to reach the group after they called for help with a cell phone at 3 p.m., according to park director Buzz Caverly.

The man, whose name was not released, should recover from a shoulder injury he suffered after falling off a rock face on the Hunt Trail – part of the Appalachian Trail – approximately 3,000 feet up the mountain, Caverly said.

A pack the man was wearing may have acted as padding and prevented a more serious injury, he said. Fog and cloud cover prohibited the use of a helicopter to reach the party, so 30 rescuers climbed the mountain Monday afternoon in hopes of descending by daylight today, Caverly said.

Caverly would not say whether the man’s party, which included his daughter, were from Maine.

Earlier this spring, a hiking group from Quebec became stranded on the mountain for two nights in whiteout conditions, Caverly said, but managed to hike down on their own.

“It’s awful early to have these incidents occur this soon” in the season, he said.

Correction: This article ran on page B3 in Coastal edition and a shorter version ran on page B2 in State edition.

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