Boston Children’s neuroscientist dies on Mount Washington
Jeremy Ullmann, 37, of Somerville, fell into a boulder field known as the Fan, an official said.
CAMPTON, N.H. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service says police are investigating the death of a Mount Washington climber who was hiking up a snowy and icy area of the Northeast’s highest peak when he apparently slipped and fell more than 300 feet (91 meters) into a boulder-strewn area.
The Forest Service said 37-year-old Jeremy Ullmann, of Somerville, Massachusetts, a neuroscientist at Boston Children’s Hospital, died Feb. 10.
Frank Carus of the Mount Washington Avalanche Center tells New Hampshire Public Radio that Ullmann fell into a boulder field known as the Fan.
Mount Washington fatality: 37 year-old Jeremy Ullmann, an experienced climber and a neuroscientist at Boston Children’s Hospital, died earlier this month after a long sliding fall in the Huntington Ravine area on Mount Washington. More here: https://t.co/CAF87q9605 pic.twitter.com/OslTkhV7Kc
— NH Public Radio (@nhpr) February 21, 2019
He said Ullmann had two ice axes, ‘‘one of which dragged quite well through the snow for a long distance.’’ Carus said Ullmann was an experienced rock climber and mountaineer, but ‘‘this was an accident that could have happened to anyone.’’