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 […]
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Yellowstone hiker gives picture-perfect demonstration of how NOT to photograph bison
Bison injure more people at Yellowstone National Park than any other animal, and one tourist has delivered a perfect demonstration of why. While visiting the park, the man decided to get some close-up pictures of the wildlife. and approached a herd of bison so close, he must have been able to smell them. In a […]
Stranded hiker calls 911 with dying phone on mountain trail after dark, officials say
A hiker was rescued after getting stranded in the dark trekking down a New Hampshire mountain trail, officials say. The 56-year-old Dover man was hiking Mt. Major, descending Boulder Loop Trail, when his “headlamp stopped working” on Sunday, March 3, the New Hampshire Fish and Game said in a news release. The man tried to […]
Beautiful daffodil blooms lured hiker to ‘rugged’ trail in NC. Then came distress call
A hiker needed medical assistance on a “difficult and rugged” trail that leads to beautiful flowers — a popular destination North Carolina rescuers have had to warn travelers about before. McDowell County responders received a call Saturday, Feb. 24, about a “hiker in distress” at Pinch-In Trail, a hiking path in Linville Gorge Wilderness that […]
Friends and students mourn Palm Springs’ Andy Hollinger, an avid hiker and retired teacher
Andy Hollinger died doing something he loved: taking a Saturday morning hike in Palm Springs. He was 73. Community members remembered him for his love of hiking, nature and art, as well as his time as an art teacher and coach at Palm Springs High School. “We went through every emotion I can think of […]
Rescue teams battle 90mph winds on Mt Washington after reckless hiker makes “numerous poor decisions”
A solo hiker who required rescue from New Hampshire’s Mount Washington on Saturday amid 90mph winds and -52F temperatures has been called “inexperienced” by rescue crews who say he would have undoubtedly died without their help. According to a news release by New Hampshire Fish and Game, Cole Matthes, 22, of Portsmouth NH set off […]
Portsmouth hiker describes 11-hour ordeal and rescue after falling on Mount Washington
MEREDITH — As temperatures plunged on Mount Washington and ferocious winds made it near impossible to see, hiker Cole Matthes began to drift away from the trail. Then he hit a patch of snow-covered ice and slid hundreds of feet down a ravine. His fall Saturday sparked a rescue mission that would last 11 hours, […]
Hiker describes 11-hour ordeal after falling on Mount Washington, admits he was ‘underprepared’
As temperatures plunged on Mount Washington and ferocious winds made it near impossible to see, hiker Cole Matthes began to drift away from the trail. Then he hit a patch of snow-covered ice and slid hundreds of feet down a ravine. His fall Saturday sparked a rescue mission that would last 11 hours, utilize the […]
Hiker rescued from mountain with 90-mph winds, bitter cold atop Mount Washington
A team of rescuers used the Cog Railway to shave off time but it still took more than 10 hours to save a hiker in conditions that included sustained winds topping 90 mph (145 kph) on New Hampshire’s Mount Washington, officials said. The hiker from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, didn’t have appropriate gear for the difficult […]
Inexperienced hiker risks rescuers lives in daring Mt. Washington solo hike, rescued
Feb. 19—A hiker deemed “inexperienced” by authorities nearly died Saturday on a solo hike up Mount Washington that officials said risked the lives of 11 rescuers. Cole Matthes, 22, of Portsmouth, was rescued from the western slope of the mountain nearly 12 hours after calling for help when he fell and injured himself around noon […]
US tourist admits raping and murdering hiker he threw into German ravine
An American tourist has admitted raping and murdering a fellow US hiker, whom he pushed down a 165-foot ravine near a “Disney” castle in Bavaria. Troy Phillip Bohling, 31, from Michigan, made a wide-ranging confession via his lawyer on the first day of his trial at a District Court in Kempten, 65 miles southwest of […]
6 stranded 9,000 feet up snowy mountain days after another hiker found dead, CA cops say
Six hikers were rescued after getting stranded 9,000 feet up a snowy California mountain, rescuers say. The hikers were trekking Bear Canyon Trail when they reached a point that they could no longer continue, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Special Enforcement Bureau said on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Feb. 14. Mt. Baldy […]