Honolulu firefighters rescued an injured man from the Koko Head Crater Trail in Hawaii Kai early this afternoon. The Honolulu Fire Department got the 911 call for the hiker in distress at 12:59 p.m. today, according to an HFD news release. Six units and 17 personnel responded, with the first unit arriving at the scene […]
This is a developing story. ABC4 will update this post with more information as it becomes available. UTAH COUNTY, Utah (ABC4) — Searches are underway after a hiker stumbled upon a phone that had recorded a woman drifting away in a river. The hiker was in the Dry Creek Canyon area of the Horsetail Falls. […]
Yet another hiker has been spotted with his phone out, posing for photos with a bison at Yellowstone National Park. Bison are powerful and unpredictable wild animals, and according to the National Park Service (NPS) are responsible for more injuries at Yellowstone than any other animal – including wolves, bears, and snakes. This particular incident […]
A hiker got a nasty surprise after trying to snap close-up photos of a cow elk at Grand Canyon National Park recently. In a video shared online this week, the woman can be seen approaching the animal near a parking lot, and being quickly sent packing as it made a bluff charge to drive her […]
An adult moose can weigh over 2,000lb and move at speeds up to 25mph, so you don’t want to get on their bad side. On a recent visit to Yellowstone National Park, one hiker filming a herd of moose in Round Prairie was surprised to spot two of the huge animals chasing after a park […]
The body of a 23-year-old hiker who vanished in Colorado mountains over the weekend was found on Thursday, park rangers in Colorado announced on Thursday night. Lucas Macaj from Colorado Springs, Colorado, was recovered on Mills Glacier near the base of Lamb’s Slide on Longs Peak, a mountain in the Rockies, Rocky Mountain National Park officials wrote […]
The body of missing hiker Lucas Macaj was discovered by searchers Thursday, four days after he was reported missing in Rocky Mountain National Park. Macaj’s body was recovered on Mills Glacier, near the base of Lamb’s Slide on the east side of 14,259-foot Longs Peak, according to a park release Thursday evening. The initial investigation […]
(COLORADO SPRINGS) — The body of missing 23-year-old hiker Lucas Macaj was recovered on Thursday, May 16 in Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) after four days of intensive rescue efforts. Macaj was reported overdue from a hike on Sunday, May 12, after having reached the summit of Longs Peak before dangerous storms moved in. Rescue […]
A 23-year-old hiker went missing in Rocky Mountain National Park Sunday after he texted his friend that he had reached the summit of a mountain. Lucas Macaj from Colorado Springs, Colorado texted his friend around 1 p.m. to let them know he was at the summit of Longs Peak, a mountain in the Rockies. That […]
Scores of search and rescue teams scoured the Longs Peak area of Rocky Mountain National Park for a third day Wednesday but still have not found a hiker missing since Sunday. Lucas Macaj, 23, of Colorado Springs, was last heard from at approximately 1 p.m. May 12, when he texted a friend indicating that he […]
HILLSBORO, Ore. (KOIN) — After surviving a 300-foot fall on a hike in Washington over the weekend, a Hillsboro woman is sharing her cautionary tale every outdoor enthusiast should hear. “The only thing that came to mind was, ‘God, you’re gonna have to stop me,’ because I could tell I had momentum,” 63-year-old Rebecca Halley […]
A hiker found himself stranded in a precarious spot on top of a “hoodoo with a sharp, catastrophic drop on all sides” in Utah, rescuers said. The man in his 60s injured his ankle and had leaped over a 5-foot chasm onto the rock spire — and then couldn’t get back across the gap, Grand […]