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Hiker airlifted from Precipice Trail ACADIA NATN’L PARK — A hiker attempting to climb the Precipice Trail on Wednesday instead spent four hours on the side of Champlain Mountain waiting for the Air National Guard to rescue him. Identified only as a 26-year-old male hiker from Belfast, the man set out from Schooner Head Road around 9 a.m. to begin the hike, according to Jay Elhard, Media Specialist with the Park Service, but at 11:02 a.m. called for help after becoming stuck on an icy vertical face unable to move either up or down. The Precipice is a rugged non-technical climb with open cl...

Hiker airlifted from Precipice Trail ACADIA NATN’L PARK — A hiker attempting to climb the Precipice Trail on Wednesday instead spent four hours on the side of Champlain Mountain waiting for the Air National Guard to rescue him. Identified only as a 26-year-old male hiker from Belfast, the man set out from Schooner Head Road around 9 a.m. to begin the hike, according to Jay Elhard, Media Specialist with the Park Service, but at 11:02 a.m. called for help after becoming stuck on an icy vertical face unable to move either up or down. The Precipice is a rugged non-technical climb with open cl...

The Belfast man called for help after getting stuck on an icy vertical face, unable to move up or down.

Acadia National Park rangers had to summon a helicopter to rescue Maine man trapped on ice on the Precipice Trail