LINCOLN – The search teams that found two men atop a mountain in Franconia Notch had spent nearly six hours breaking trail to the summit, making their way through darkness, deep snow and howling winds.
Above treeline and near the 4,800-foot summit of Little Haystack, the seven-man rescue team found Laurence Frederickson, 55, of South Sutton and James Osborne, 36, of Manchester at about 7:30 p.m.
"They were right on the trail," said Fish and Game Lt. James Goss.
Conditions were difficult throughout the afternoon for the two-dozen searchers who made their way up two trails that were likely taken by Osborne and Frederickson.
But searchers caught a break, when after sunset, the freezing fog lifted and enabled a National Guard helicopter to land atop Little Haystack and bring the two men off the mountain.
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