SUCCESS — Rescuers helped a 73-year-old Mississippi woman who was hiking the Appalachian Trail in segments, going to her aid in the early-morning hours Thursday after she became disoriented at the summit of Cascade Mountain, according to state Fish and Game officials.

That was a day after a Massachusetts man had to be rescued from Mount Washington’s Huntington Ravine Trail after he fell some 20 feet and suffered a serious cut on his head, they said.

Carolyn Henderson, an experienced hiker who was well-equipped with gear, was found Thursday at the Trident Col tent site at a section referred to as the Mahoosuc Trail in Success, an unincorporated Coos County township east of Berlin and bordering Maine.

Officers responded to a call for assistance for Henderson, of Obett, Miss., who was suffering “unspecified physical ailments associated with dehydration and lack of food,” officer Mark Ober Jr. of Fish and Game’s Region One office in Lancaster said in a news release.

When she ran into trouble, Henderson called the hiker service Trail Angels, and the call was forwarded to the Appalachian Mountain Club, where personnel contacted Fish and Game, according to Ober.

“Due to the unspecified nature of the potential physical ailments and the inability to make phone contact with Mrs. Henderson, conservation officers launched a rescue effort that culminated in locating Mrs. Henderson at approximately 1:20 a.m.

“After rehydrating and providing her with sustenance, the officers were able to safely hike Mrs. Henderson out utilizing logging skidder roads, which greatly reduced the distance to travel arriving at the Mount Carberry Landfill at approximately 5 a.m.,” Ober wrote.

Henderson has been hiking for more than 30 years, and has been attempting to hike the entire 2,184-mile Appalachian Trail “in sections,” Ober said.

She had most of the essential gear for completing a safe hike, include lights, a tent, sleeping bag and compass, he said.

Henderson started Tuesday morning at Austin Brook Trail and spent the night at Trident Col. She continued Wednesday morning, headed west on the Mahoosuc Trail with the intention of arriving at her vehicle at the Rattle River Trail parking area. After becoming disoriented on Cascade, however, she mistakenly started hiking east, which brought her back to the Trident Col site, according to Ober.

The Appalachian Trail runs through 14 states between Maine and Georgia and is part of the “triple crown” of long-distance U.S. hikes, along with the Continental Divide Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail.

Wednesday about 1 p.m., rescuers were also summoned after Richard White, 57, of Weston, Mass., took a bad fall on Mount Washington “A rope was lowered and he was pulled back up to the trail,” Sgt. Wayne Saunders, also of Region One, said in a news release.

Other hikers bandaged White’s head temporarily and assisted in walking him out to the Mount Washington Auto Road via the Alpine Trail, where Fish and Game officers and Gorham Emergency Services personnel met them.

White was brought down the mountain in a Mount Washington Park van and transferred to Gorham Ambulance, which was standing by, Saunders said.

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