And here is a writeup on the man who dies in a Search and Rescue attempt for Hugh Herr.
The program was riveting. It was eerie watching the program while updating some notes for the Winter Gathering and looking at the planned Mt Washington attempt in the notes.
As found in
http://www.mountwashington.org/visitor/surviving.html
"FATALITY IN THE MOUNT WASHINGTON RANGE
NAME: Albert Dow
AGE: 28
RESIDENCE: Tuftonboro, NH
DATE: January 25, 1982
CAUSE OF DEATH: Avalanche
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Albert Dow, a member of the volunteer Mountain Rescue Service, participated as a member of the search party that set out to locate two missing climbers, Hugh Herr and Jeff Batzer. On January 23, Herr and Batzer had left Harvard Hut to climb Odell Gully in Huntington Ravine. When they failed to return that evening, the caretaker of the Hut notified the authorities that the two were missing. Cold and windy conditions prevailed: temperatures on the summit on the 23rd registered 1 degree F, with winds of 56 to 69 mph. Blowing snow limited visibility severely. On the 24th and 25th the weather deteriorated with colder temperatures and higher winds, hampering search efforts. Avalanche warnings had been posted by the U.S. Forest Service for many areas around Mount Washington. Despite the inhospitable conditions, the searchers persisted in hopes of locating the lost climbers alive. On the 25th, Dow and another MRS team member, Mike Hartrick, carefully threaded their way down near the Lion Head Trail, striving to avoid avalanche prone slopes, after finding no trace of the climbers. Well below treeline, an avalanche swept over them. Hartrick managed to clear an air hole and radio for help. Dow was found two hours later under three feet of snow. He had not survived."
