Strong winds and freezing June temperatures–caused no doubt by our obsession with cheap energy and first world pleasures–drove four Virginia hikers trekking through New Hampshire’s White Mountains to seek emergency assistance last night.
FRANCONIA, N.H. (AP/WRIC) — Two hikers from Norfolk, Virginia were rescued Friday morning in the White Mountains in New Hampshire. The married couple, identified as 69-year-old Gregory Reck, and his 57-year-old wife Lelia Vann were caught in a storm Thursday night.
Thank God the couple was carrying a GPS locator beacon, even though it was probably manufactured in some coal-powered sweat shop in some third world nation trying to drag itself out of poverty.
Rescuers set off to find them. Another hiker eventually found the couple shivering and unable to move, and got them into a tent. The couple said two other hikers who were with them had separated to find shelter.
Eventually, rescuers reached them as well, and they are now safe.
Just think. If it weren’t for your selfishness it might have been 20 degrees colder up there on June 9th.
