A hiker in Israel discovered a centuries-old amulet in a nature reserve, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Monday. The hiker, identified by the authority as 45-year-old Israel Defense Forces reservist Erez Avrahamov, found the amulet in the Tabor Stream Nature Reserve in Lower Galilee. Avrahamov said he decided to hike in the area because he […]
A hiker was rescued after getting stranded on a snowy California peak, according to a sheriff’s department. The North Hills man, 46, trekked off trail and went “directly up the Mt. Baldy bowl toward the summit” on Sunday, Feb. 11, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a Feb. 12 news release. The mountain, […]
A 28-year-old hiker slipped and plunged 30 feet from a California waterfall, rescuers said. Rescuers responded to the fall at about 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, at the Tangerine Falls near Montecito, the Montecito Fire Protection District said in a Facebook post. The man injured his hip in the fall and was airlifted from the […]
A person flying a drone spotted the body of a missing 22-year-old hiker on a California mountain about a week after she disappeared, rescuers said. The citizen reported their discovery on Mount Baldy to authorities Feb. 10, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release. Weather conditions prevented rescuers from hiking to […]
The body of a hiker who went missing on Mount Baldy was recovered Sunday morning, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. Lifei Huang, 22, from El Monte was last seen alive on Feb. 4, when she went out on a solo hike at around 2 p.m. that day. Crews searched the area throughout […]
The remains of a hiker in a California national park were found after he had been missing for almost nine months, and his last journal entry offers insight into how he may have died. While hiking in Joshua Tree National Park, 25-year-old Trammell Evans wrote that he was concerned about symptoms he was experiencing from […]
A hiker was rescued after calling 911, saying he was “hanging from a cliff,” according to Hawaii rescuers. After getting the hiker’s call shortly before 1 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 28, rescuers said they used the man’s cell phone to pinpoint his location and learned he was “near the Maunawili Trail above Pali Highway,” according […]
A hiker was found unresponsive at Zion National Park on Friday and later pronounced dead, according to the National Park Service. The 63-year-old man from San Diego was found on the West Rim Trail near Scout Lookout after park rangers received a report of an unresponsive hiker in the afternoon. Rangers hiked to the man […]
A 27-year-old avid hiker disappeared after gathering supplies for a grueling 200-mile trek in Arizona, deputies said. Derek Bowling was last heard from Jan. 22 preparing for his trip in Lake Havasu City, the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue said in a Facebook post. Bowling had plans for a weeklong hike that would […]
A 73-year-old hiker has been missing for one week after he vanished on a hiking trail in southwestern Colorado, National Park Service rangers said. Thomas Irwin was last seen hiking the Petroglyph Point Trail in Mesa Verde National Park at about 1:15 p.m. Monday, Jan. 15, rangers said on Facebook. Then someone turned in a […]
THORNTON, N.H. (AP) — An experienced hiker who had accomplished the “Triple Crown” of challenging cross-country trails died in New Hampshire’s White Mountains during a solo hike in brutal conditions, including single-digit temperatures, harsh winds and waist-deep snow. Christopher Roma, 37, was an expert hiker who ran his own long-distance trail guide business and had […]
Rescuers looking for a missing hiker faced conditions so treacherous in an east Tennessee gorge that one suffered hypothermia when temperatures hit minus 13 degrees, according to first responders. The search began at about 3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16, and concluded 17 hours later when the hiker was pulled from the base of a 700-foot […]