New Hampshire, Mt. Washington (2)—On March 29, Nile Albright (19) and George Millikan (19) were descending the summit cone of Mt. Washington.

The weather was sunny, windy and fairly warm. Climbing conditions were good. The accident occurred shortly after beginning a casual glissade. Evidently the snowshoes on Albright’s back or the pack board itself caught against the slope causing him to lose his balance. Albright rolled down the slope for 50 feet. The snowshoes on his pack seemed to prevent his regaining control even though the slope was neither excessively steep nor difficult. Crampons were worn and possibly entangled his feet. The fall was arrested by a large protruding rock which caused a deep forehead wound. Possible injury from ice ax was avoided due to the fact that it was without sling and fell free.

Finding the injured’s condition satisfactory and observing that he was well clothed, Millikan tied him in securely to prevent his untieing himself in delirium. Millikan then went to the summit observatory for help.

Evacuation was undertaken by men from the air force station who pulled the stretcher 200 feet up the slope to the toll road and placed the injured in a Sno Cat which took him to the bottom. The rescue took three hours from the time injury was sustained until the injured arrived at the hospital. The party lacked adequate first aid supplies, but was very fortunate in the accessibility of the site of the accident. Goggles and a handkerchief were found to make a good substitute bandage to stop bleeding.

Source: N. Albright and George Millikan.