Human Remains Found Near Trail in Georgia

AccessNorthGA.Com carries an article titled "Towns Co. authorities await ID on human remains" and written by B.J. Williams, editor, and posted on 23 January 2012. The relevant point for us is that

Chief Deputy Jeff Edge said hunters found the remains near the Appalachian Trail at the Towns/White County line Sunday, January 15.

"[The remains were] within a few hundred yards of the Appalachian Trail," said Edge.

The remains are "several months" old. And the article is datelined Hiawasee.

NOTE: similar story in the Clay County Progress of 26 January 2012, "Remains found in Towns County," adding that the remains appear to be of a male.

Another Mount Washington Death

An article in the 10 January 2012 Lewiston Sun Journal carries the sad news of another death on Mount Washington. Under the headline "Massachusetts hiker dies after 800-foot plunge on Mount Washington" we read

A Massachusetts man who solo hiked up Mount Washington for a day trip on Monday, died during the descent that night, Colleen Mainville, White Mountain National Forest spokeswoman, said on Tuesday.

Patrick Scott Powers, 46, of Mansfield, slipped and fell 800 feet down snow- and ice-covered slopes into Tuckerman's Ravine, she said.

He died of injuries from the fall, Mainville said.

He was hiking solo, and fell sometime between 7 and 8 at night. Crews from several rescue units responded and worked through the night at the site.