Not Without Peril
by Nicholas Howe · first published 2001
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Yeah summer is actually especially dangerous because people get caught unprepared. There's an excellent book called Not Without Peril by Nicholas Howe. Many of the exposure deaths listed in the appendix occurred in the summer and fall.
on “White Mountain Direttissima” ↗…°F (−18 °C) or below occur on 13 days annually, while lows at or below 0 °F can be expected from November 17 through April 1; from December to March, temperatures rise above freezing on only 15 days. “Not Without Peril” makes for some harrowing reading. https://amcstore.outdoors.org/products/not-without-peril-ten... “From the days when gentlefolk ascended in hoop skirts and wool suits to today's high-tech assaults…
on “Mount Washington Records Coldest Wind Chill Ever” ↗