CONWAY — A pair of lost hikers survived an 800-foot fall in Tuckerman Ravine Saturday, the result of an avalanche they triggered near the rim of the bowl. Rescuers call their survival "remarkable."
The two men, identified as Adam Herman and Connor Lodge, both in their early 20s, both of Oak Bluff, Mass., tumbled amid avalanche debris from the lip of the headwall to the bottom of the ravine, according U.S. Forest Service snow rangers, over rocks, cliffs and icy snow.
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