At approximately 6:45 p.m. on Thursday, March 7, Joabe Barbosa, 23, of Georgetown, Kentucky, was hiking

SARGENTS PURCHASE, N.H. — At approximately 6:45 p.m. on Thursday, March 7, Joabe Barbosa, 23, of Georgetown, Kentucky, was hiking Mount Washington when he went off trail and into the Ammonusuc Ravine. While descending into the ravine, conservation officers say Barbosa fell and hit his head and face, lost one of his sneakers, and became hypothermic. Barbosa’s 911 call was sent to a conservation officer along with the GPS coordinates of Barbosa’s location. Barbosa was located some three and a half hours later by conservation officers and a volunteer EMT from Androscoggin Valley Search and Rescue at 10:29 p.m. The rescue crew arrived at the Cog Railway base station at 1:39 a.m. March 8. Twin Mountain Ambulance was at the base station and gave Barbosa initial treatment of his injuries. He was then transported to Littleton Regional Health Care by Twin Mountain Ambulance.