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Rangers carry out injured hikers in two overnight rescues in the Adirondacks

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A group of hikers was climbing up Saddleback Mountain in the Adirondack High Peaks when one of them fell, dislocating his shoulder and fracturing his leg. Forest rangers conducted a technical rope rescue to maneuver the injured hiker off the steep, icy slope. A second call for help came in around 4:15 p.m. when a hiker had fallen 30 feet while climbing Basin Mountain.

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Rangers carry out injured hikers in two overnight rescues in the Adirondacks

More than 30 rangers were part of two overnight rescues in the Adirondacks on Saturday, carrying out an injured hiker off Saddleback and another off Basin.

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