A man fell while hiking in a Montana canyon and had to hunker down in the cold overnight with a dead phone, rescuers said. He set out for a hike at about 9 a.m. May 10 in the area of Hyalite Canyon, the Gallatin County Sheriff Search and Rescue said in a Facebook post. Someone […]
A hiker discovered the 400-year-old remains of a wealthy man on a glacier in the Swiss Alps. Melting ice revealed the mysterious man had traveled with many coins, weapons, and possibly mules. The discovery points to an ancient economy supported by dangerous routes through high mountain passes. The Theodul Glacier was expanding when a mysterious man in […]
Roads at Yellowstone National Park are beginning to reopen to regular traffic as the summer hiking season approaches. Most guests take care to treat the local wildlife with respect, but sadly there are always a few exceptions, as the video below demonstrates. The video, which was shared via Instagram account TouronsOfYellowstone last week, shows a […]
On Lookout Mountain in Phoenix, Arizona, a hiker and a pair of emergency animal medical technicians from the Arizona Humane Society (AHS) came together to rescue a dog in peril. The incident occurred on April 24, after a vigilant hiker noticed a dog clinging to life in a rocky enclave on the mountain’s slope. Hiker […]
We recently reported that rattlesnake season is here, prompting hikers in western states to be extra vigilant on the trail, however a California woman found herself struck by a rattler on the trail just yesterday. According to reporting by NBC Los Angeles, the 66-year-old woman was hiking on the Hidden Valley Trail near Murrieta in […]
DAVIS COUNTY, Utah (ABC4) — A man is missing after having gone on a hike in Davis County Saturday, causing authorities to initiate a search, according to the Davis County Sheriff’s Office. Tobias Braaten, 25, was reported as an overdue hiker Saturday night, officials said. Kevin Bacon returns to Payson High on prom night for […]
The dramatic helicopter rescue of a man who clung to a Northern California cliffside after falling off a trail in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area was caught on video released by the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office. The Southern Marin Fire District requested a helicopter at approximately 7:40 p.m. on Sunday, which used thermal imaging […]
A fallen hiker clung onto a gravel rock face in California as rescuers swooped in with a helicopter to save him, dramatic video shows. Other people in the recreation area spotted the man and heard him yelling for help in the Alexander Battery area in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s […]
A woman was hiking a slippery red rock formation when she fell 20 feet from a popular trail in Arizona, fire officials said. Rescuers responded to the fallen hiker at about 11 a.m. Sunday, March 24, at Cathedral Rock Trail in Sedona, the local fire district said in a news release. She was found with […]
The body of an experienced hiker was found at the base of a waterfall after she went missing days earlier during a Northern California hike. Monterey County Sheriff Tina M. Nieto confirmed during a news conference on Friday that the body of 30-year-old Caroline Meister was found by search and rescue teams around 10:45 a.m. […]
To paraphrase The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, you may think it’s a long way down the Pacific Crest Trail to Mexico, but that’s just peanuts compared to what Bangladeshi hiker Saiful Islam Shanto has planned. At 10.30am local time this Friday, March 22, starting from in front of the National Parliament Building (Jatiya Sangsad […]
A Kentucky man was rescued after falling and hitting his head while hiking Mount Washington in New Hampshire. On March 7 around 6:45 p.m., 23-year-old Joabe Barbosa was hiking Mount Washington when he went off trail and into the Ammonusuc Ravine. While descending into the ravine Barbosa fell and hit his head and face, lost […]