A missing hiker from Dorchester was found alive in Lincoln, New Hampshire on Friday evening. According to the N.H. Fish and Game Department, 70-year-old Christopher Staff had been missing since Monday. Around 7:45pm on Friday, Staff was found by other hikers in the Pemi Wilderness on the Pemigewasset Loop.
He was reunited with his family around 10:25 p.m. before being taken to Speare Memorial Hospital for evaluation.
The Boston Globe has an in depth account of Staff’s experience and the search for the missing Dorchester man. You can read it here.
image via NEW HAMPSHIRE FISH AND GAME
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