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Canadian hiker survives seven-hour standoff on icy Adirondack ledge
A 60-year-old Canadian man was rescued from the Mount Colden Trap Dike in New York after standing on an icy ledge for seven hours. He lost his crampons on October 21 and activated a satellite beacon. Forest rangers reached him at 1 a.m. and completed a high-angle rope rescue, clearing the incident by 8 a.m. The hiker, identified as Eric Le Bourhis, survived the ordeal without fatal injury.