A 33-year-old New York City man is lucky to be alive after spending a frozen night huddled in a remote drainage waiting for mountain rescue. The man set off to summit three of the 46 High Peaks in the Adirondacks – Mount Marcy, Skylight and Gray – on Friday morning, despite a snowstorm in the forecast.
In an interview with NCPR, rescuer Robbi Mecus estimates that when the man set out on his hike, there were probably four or five feet of snow on the top of Marcy, which he managed to summit at around 1:30 p.m. before realizing he would not be able to complete the remaining two peaks. The hiker was reported missing at 9:45 p.m. on Friday, however, Mecus explains that finding him proved challenging, given his location and the worsening conditions.
