NORTH CONWAY, N.H. (AP) — A cat who patrolled the U.S. Northeast’s highest peak for a dozen years as its weather observatory’s mascot has died. Mount Washington Summit Operations Manager Rebecca Scholand said Monday that Marty succumbed to “an unforeseen illness.”
She said the black Maine coon cat was a special companion and entertainer. The Mount Washington Observatory staff have had a cat at the 6,288-foot summit since 1932. The observatory had recently shared the news that Marty would retire from the mountain early next year. Marty was a shelter cat who won the Mount Washington Mascot Primary in 2008. The observatory plans to continue the cat tradition.
