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Gagne, Ty.
Where you'll find me :
risk, decisions, and the last climb of Kate Matrosova /
Ty Gagne ; foreword by Caroline Alexander.
Conway, NH :
TMC Books,
2017.
viii, 192 pages :
color illustrations ;
23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"On Feb. 15, 2015, Kate Matrosova, an avid mountaineer, set off before sunrise for a traverse of the Northern Presidential Range in New Hampshire's White Mountains. Late the following day, rescuers carried her frozen body out of the mountains amid some of the worst weather ever recorded on these deceptively rugged slopes. At thirty-two, Matrosova was ultra-fit and healthy and had already summited much larger mountains on several continents. Her gear included a rescue beacon and a satellite phone. Yet, despite their best efforts, more than forty expert search and rescue personnel, a New Hampshire Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter, and a Civil Air Patrol Cessna airplane could not reach her in time to save her. What went wrong? Where You'll Find Me offers possible answers to that question, demonstrating why Matrosova's story--what we know and what we will never know--represents such an intriguing and informative case study in risk analysis and decision-making"--P. [4] of cover.
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Matrosova, Kate.
Mountaineering
Risk assessment
New Hampshire
Presidential Range.
Mountaineering
New Hampshire
Presidential Range
Decision making.
Mountaineering injuries
New Hampshire
Presidential Range.
Hypothermia
New Hampshire
Presidential Range.
Search and rescue operations
New Hampshire
Presidential Range.
Risk-taking (Psychology.)