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Freezing hikers stuck in waist-deep snow rescued during Mount Washington whiteout

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Two experienced hikers were stranded in waist-deep snow and whiteout conditions on New Hampshire's Mount Washington .

They were lost on the tallest mountain in the Northeast , known for its extreme, changeable weather.

One of Kathyrn McKee's snowshoes became stuck in a “spruce trap,” a hole created in the snow underneath trees.

The temperature at the summit was 2 degrees below zero (minus 19 Celsius).

"We feel really awful about having to make that ( 911 ) call, but it did save our lives," McKee says.

“I'm not going to have a problem to get back on the horse. I'm going to do it as safe as I can,” McKee said.

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English

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