CARRABASSETT VALLEY (AP) — The Maine Warden Service says the search is continuing for a missing hiker in a rugged section of the Appalachian Trail, but a more intensive search effort may have to wait for the weekend.
Geraldine Largay of Brentwood, Tenn., has been missing for more than a week.
The warden service said in a statement that the logistical and physical challenges involved in scouring the remote terrain has restricted its ability to use volunteer searchers who do not have required professional training.
Officials said they are planning for a more intensified search when more resources become available in the upcoming weekend.
Largay, 66, an experienced hiker, contacted her husband from the top of Saddleback Mountain on July 21 but failed to meet up with him as planned the following day.
The Times Record Sustaining Sponsor
We believe a community must be informed to thrive. bowdoin.edu
Comments are not available on this story. Read more about why we allow commenting on some stories and not on others.
We believe it's important to offer commenting on certain stories as a benefit to our readers. At its best, our comments sections can be a productive platform for readers to engage with our journalism, offer thoughts on coverage and issues, and drive conversation in a respectful, solutions-based way. It's a form of open discourse that can be useful to our community, public officials, journalists and others.
We do not enable comments on everything — exceptions include most crime stories, and coverage involving personal tragedy or sensitive issues that invite personal attacks instead of thoughtful discussion.
You can read more here about our commenting policy and terms of use. More information is also found on our FAQs.
Show less