Where Youll Find Me, Ty Gagne
Where Youll Find Me, Ty Gagne
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Where You'll Find Me
Risk, Decisions, and the Last Climb of Kate Matrosova

Author: Ty Gagne

Narrator: Lee Goettl

Unabridged: 6 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/14/2022


Synopsis

On February 15, 2015, Kate Matrosova, an avid mountaineer, set off before sunrise for a traverse of the Northern Presidential Range in New Hampshire's White Mountains. Late the following day, rescuers carried her frozen body out of the mountains amid some of the worst weather ever recorded on these deceptively rugged slopes.

At thirty-two, Matrosova was ultra-fit and healthy and had already summited much larger mountains on several continents. Her gear included a rescue beacon and a satellite phone. Yet, despite their best efforts, more than forty expert search and rescue personnel, a New Hampshire Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter, and a Civil Air Patrol Cessna airplane could not reach her in time to save her.

What went wrong?

Where You'll Find Me offers possible answers to that question, demonstrating why Matrosova's story—what we know and what we will never know—represents such an intriguing and informative case study in risk analysis and decision-making.

About Ty Gagne

Ty Gagne is chief executive officer of New Hampshire Public Risk Management Exchange (Primex3), a public entity risk pool serving local governments in New Hampshire. He is a certified wilderness first responder, and serves on the Androscoggin Valley search and rescue team and board of directors. He lives in New Hampshire, with his wife.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Amy on January 12, 2021

This book has undoubtedly saved lives. Takeaways for me as a 4 season hiker: always check the weather as close to your departure as possible (MWOBS Higher Summits Forecast for those adventuring in the Whites), seek out local guides and advice, leave a plan with someone, pack for the night (bivy, pad......more

Goodreads review by Susan on January 13, 2018

It doesn't matter that you know the tragic outcome of this book: Ty Gagne pieces the events together in a thorough, thoughtful and disciplined way. It's suspenseful and moving. It would be easy, as one who hikes these mountains, to be judgmental about Matrosova's decisions on that fateful day, but G......more

Goodreads review by Sheila on April 06, 2024

Interesting but sad story about Kate Matrosva, mountain climber.......more

Goodreads review by Gretchen on March 23, 2025

The author did a great job, with a very methodical postmortem of this ultimately unsuccessful search and rescue. He obviously took great care to be respectful of the hiker who is the subject of the book. However, I'm still not convinced that she deserves all that respect. Of course, I'm very sorry sh......more

Goodreads review by Kelly on December 27, 2023

I taught Into Thin Air for many years, and I never tired of rereading the book each year or sharing it with teenagers. In a similar vein, this book explores a horrible tragedy that could have been prevented if other choices were made. It's clear from the first page that Kate does not survive, but thi......more