On Feb. 15, 2015, Kate Matrosova, an avid mountaineer, set off before sunrise for a traverse of the Northern Presidential Range in New Hampshire's White Mountains. Late the following day, rescuers carried her frozen body out of the mountains amid some of the worst weather ever recorded on these deceptively rugged slopes. At thirty-two, Matrosova was ultra-fit and healthy and had already summited much larger mountains on several continents. Her gear...

"New England's highest mountain (6288 feet)... Agiochook... the Chrystal Hill... that old rockpile... Mount Washington... the focus of tourist attention since the first ascent, in 1642 by Darby Field. This little booklet tells you about Mount Washington's history, its climate and its main features, using material first published in the Mount Washington Observatory News Bulletin for June 1962." -- T.p. verso.