Frikking miserable. Then dead. He knew he was in trouble.
A lot of people don’t take Mount Washington seriously.
I know a fellow who spent a night in a tent on Mt. Washington when he was a young and stupid teen. He said he thought he was going to die but walked away unscathed.
“...A lot of people don’t take Mount Washington seriously.” [rlmorel, post 17]
“...part of what makes Mt. Washington such a hazard. It doesn’t look like a very serious climb, and due to its location in a popular vacation area it attracts visitors who don’t have much, or any experience in mountain climbing or even serious hiking...” [freeandfreezing, post 48]
Thanks to its proximity to major urban areas, rural parts of New Hampshire are swarmed by ignorant, heedless visitors.
Among many other duties, conservation officers in New Hampshire must go out and rescue hikers who sustain injuries, become lost, or otherwise come to grief in the “wilder” areas of the state.
So many urbanite vacationers with minimal experience in rural setting have required rescuing, that the state now charges rescuees civil restitution of costs incurred, if it is later determined they were negligent in preparing for their excursions, or in failing to properly consider forecast bad weather, or similar lapses.