Intrepid Northeast Radio

On the afternoon of February 21, 1959, a single engine Piper Comanche crashed in the Pemigewasset Wilderness of New Hampshire. On board were two Dartmouth Medical School physicians, Drs. Ralph Miller and Robert Quinn. They both survived the crash and struggled to survive for four days before succumbing to the harsh New Hampshire winter. Although they never made it out of the wilderness alive, their legacies live on even to this day, especially in the Dartmouth medical and aviation communities. My guest today is John Morton, of Morton Trails, and today he tells the story of the Miller-Quinn Air Tragedy. John builds trails for a living, but has also served as the Dartmouth XC Ski coach, and has participated in seven Olympic games as either a biathlon athlete, coach, or trails consultant. He is also an accomplished writer and novelist, and wrote an article for Dartmouth Medicine magazine entitled Unforgiving Forests that profiled the crash of the two physicians. About halfway through the episode (36:30) we shift