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New Gloucester hiker found safe after night out

|New Hampshire Union Leader|

Authorities say a Maine woman who took a wrong turn on a trail and spent the night in the Great Gulf Wilderness was well equipped and was unhurt when rescuers found her on Thursday.

Nancy Bannon, 59, of New Gloucester, Maine, was on a multi-day hike with her son and the two had planned to stay in the Appalachian Mountain Club huts, according to a news release from the state Fish and Game Department.

However, Wednesday morning, Bannon unknowingly took a wrong turn and ended up on the Buttress Trail.

She kept in contact with her son as she hiked until her cell phone battery died, but she had told him she was on the Gulfside Trail, so that’s where her son tried to find her all day, officials said. Keep reading