Word: weather
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...summer, a solo hike to the summit, though permitted, is impossible because of the number of other people. Crowds thin out significantly during winter, when severe weather locks the mountain in ice and snow, but solo-hiking is illegal. Baxter State Park winter regulations ban parties of fewer than four people from camping or climbing anywhere above the treeline. However, despite the rules, groups of one, two or three campers often attempt the climb. Last winter, rangers apprehended a pair of climbers; two weekends ago they caught Eugene B. (Gus) Yates...
...decision the supervisor made is a routine decision taken "in cases when we know someone is on the mountain. They're not supposed to be there alone. The weather was severe--a 70 to 82 degree below zero wind-chill factor on top of the mountain. We had a moral and legal obligation to get Mr. Yates," explained Tibbs...
...points out that the plane, helicopter and ranger hours were already paid for by taxpayer money. And although the park authorities feel that four is the minimal number of people needed to deal with an accident in severe weather conditions, Yates thinks that one can be just as safe. At least an injured solo hiker isn't endangering the lives of anyone else...
...Jane Byrne, branded the Mayor "the Abominable Snowman" for his lackadaisical clean-up efforts and shockingly won an historic victory in Tuesday's voters, raised on an image of "the city and brought thousands more to the polls than expected. The word this week in Chicago is that the weather would not have dared play such games in the old days, the Daley years...
Marciano said that although the leakage in Canaday is more serious than in any other undergraduate housing area, the cost of repairing the roof should not impede progress once the weather becomes nicer...