A 31-year-old Ohio man was ticketed last week for harassing at least three hikers in the Adirondack high peaks.
On the afternoon of July 24, a female hiker on the popular Mount Van Hoevenberg trail reported that she was being harassed by another hiker.
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation dispatch in Ray Brook sent forest rangers to investigate the complaint.
Rangers interviewed the Ohio man and learned that he had interacted with two other hikers who also said they felt threatened by him. Rangers issued the man a ticket for engaging in threatening behavior.
The following reports are excerpted from DEC:
Rescue personnel carry a 52-year-old from Bronxville who injured her leg on July 27 while hiking the Tanbark trail system in Ulster County.NYSDEC
A 52-year-old from Bronxville injured her leg on July 27 while hiking the Tanbark trail system in Ulster County. Three rangers, along with local fire department and EMS personnel, packaged the hiker into a litter and carried her out to the trailhead where she was taken to the hospital.
On the evening of July 22, a 76-year-old from Colorado with a heart condition could not continue his climb up Azure Mountain, a popular Adirondack fire tower peak. A ranger helped him down to the trailhead where he was met by a St. Regis Falls ambulance.
A 72-year-old lost consciousness while camping with his family at North-South Lake campground on July 23. A ranger provided aid until Hunter EMS arrived and transported the patient to the hospital.
A 65-year-old from Lagrangeville was mountain biking with companions on July 25 when he got into a biking accident near the trailhead of the Taconic Hereford Multiple Use Area on July 25. A ranger provided first aid while waiting for the cyclist’s son to pick him up and bring him to the hospital.
On July 26, a 50-year-old Massachusetts woman injured her ankle while hiking near Old Forge. Five rangers, along with local fire and police personnel, splinted the woman’s ankle and used a rope system to lower her approximately 1.4 miles down the trail. An Old Forge Ambulance transported her to the hospital.
Rangers conducted water patrols at Mongaup Valley Wildlife Management Area on the Rio Reservoir on July 27.NYSDEC
Rangers conducted water patrols at Mongaup Valley Wildlife Management Area on the Rio Reservoir on July 27, checking for personal floatation devices, boat registrations, and illegal shoreline camp sites. They issued just one ticket for failure to outfit a child under the age of 12 with a personal floatation device.
A hiker from Maryland injured her ankle on July 26 while climbing Ampersand Mountain. Three rangers helped her approximately two miles down the mountain to the trailhead.
On the afternoon of July 26, a 19-year-old man from Amityville dislocated his knee on Mount Adams. Rangers helped him to the trailhead where he sought further medical attention on his own.
Two hikers got lost on the night of July 26 somewhere between the Arnold and Van Hoevenberg trails in the Adirondack high peaks. The pair did not have light sources. Rangers found them, provided head lamps, and helped them back to their campsite before dawn.
A 22-year-old hiker from Pennsylvania injured her knee at Slant Rock on the night of July 27. Rangers transported the hiker to the Johns Brook Outpost and from there to the Garden trailhead where she declined further medical attention.
Shortly after midnight on July 29, rangers began conducting linear searches for two overdue hikers on Giant Mountain. At 6 a.m., the lost hikers found their way to Route 73 after spending the night in the woods.
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