Ten months after breaking his back during a fall off Mount Ripinsky, Keith Hutchins has returned to the peak on regular hikes.
A 41-year-old deckhand and construction worker, Hutchins figures he has been to the top about 15 times since the accident that led to his dramatic, aerial rescue by the U.S. Coast Guard.
He was back on the mountain about six weeks after the Jan. 6 rescue. “My doctor got pissed, but I…

