Stranded Adirondacks hiker stood on icy ledge for seven hours

A 60-year-old hiker stood for seven hours on a 1-by-3-foot ice-covered ledge on an Adirondack mountain after dropping his crampons, unsure whether his emergency beacon had worked.Eric Le Bourhis was climbing near the Mount Colden Trap Dike on Oct. 21 when he became stranded on an icy slide, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation.