A New York City adventure junkie who worked as a financial analyst was found dead Monday after she hiked alone into treacherous conditions high atop New Hampshire’s rugged backcountry.  The body of Kate Matrosova was located Monday afternoon — 24 hours after she activated an emergency beacon — between Mount Madison and Mount Adams, the state’s Fish and Game Department said.  Facing blistering winds exceeding 100 mph and temperatures about 30 degrees below zero, Matrosova died of exposure in the extreme temperatures, authorities said.  “Unfortunately, a lot of the coordinates that we received over the night were all over the place within a mile circumference,” Fish and Game Lt. Jim Goss told WMUR.  Matrosova, a 32-year-old from Omsk, Russia, worked as a credit trader at BNP Paribas, according to LinkedIn.  Matrosova’s Facebook page shows a life lived in pursuit of the extreme: Paintball, white-water rafting, boating, rock climbing and mountaineering.  Husband Charlie Farhoodi, a vice president at J.P. Morgan, reportedly dropped off Matrosova early Sunday morning at the base of the mountains.  She was alone and planned to hike to the top of Mount Madison, WMUR said, before heading through Mount Adams, Mount Jefferson and Mount Washington, which at about 6,300 feet is the highest peak in the Northeast.  “I guess if you are gonna hike in this type of weather you need to be in a more sheltered area, not up on an open exposed ridgeline,” Goss said. “There’s just no room for error in a place like that.”  Search and rescue crews couldn’t reach the area overnight because of extreme weather. A National Guard crew flew over the area with a helicopter on Monday morning but couldn’t see anything because of blowing snow and had to turn back.  A team made up of Fish and Game officers, Mountain Rescue Services members and Androscoggin Valley Search and Rescue members braved 108 mph winds and frigid temperatures to reach the area.  ON A MOBILE DEVICE? WATCH THE VIDEO HERE.
Kate Matrosova, a NYC financial analyst and adventurer, died of exposure during a solo hike in the mountains of New Hampshire.