Four climbers from Calgary found themselves stuck on Bugaboo Spire for two days after becoming disoriented and exhausted.

The two men set out to climb the spire but found themselves stranded around 10,300 feet. When they were overdue from their return, someone alerted search and rescue. RCMP (the Mounties) launched a rescue mission.

A helicopter crew [...]

A woman hiking in the mountains surrounding the small town of Beddgelert in North Wales slipped on a wet path and fractured her ankle.

A ground team was sent to the scene and packaged her for the air lift. When a rescue chopper arrived, she was prepared to be plucked off the mountain.

Details are skimpy, [...]

A woman sleeping inside her tent was mauled by a Grizzly who tore through the tent and dragged her away.

Her friends shouted at the bear and used pepper spray to run it off, but the woman suffered serious, but non life threatening injuries.

The incident happened in a remote area of Gates of the Arctic National [...]

A 54-year-old man wearing a short-sleeve shirt, pants and sandals was forced to spend the night in the Grand Teton wilderness after getting lost on a scree field.

Charles “Chuck” Mastny was hiking with his wife on the Cascade Canyon Trail when he decided to climb a scree field (wearing sandals). His wife opted to sit [...]

A 27-year-old man died today after falling 200 feet near the Haystack of Mount Si in Washington.

He was hiking with a friend when he somehow slipped and lost his footing, plummeting down a steep rocky point. His friend said the hiker hit his head on the cliff during the fall.

The Haystack (pictured below) is a [...]

A 45-year-old man and his friend were hiking near the American River in northern California and somehow, magically, by some act of God became separated from each other and got lost.

D.L. Shields, the 45-year-old, got lost and called 911 for help. A sheriff’s helicopter was immediately dispatched and located the man at 8 p.m. [...]

A 33-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman are stranded on an 18-inch ledge along the Ptarmigan Traverse in the North Cascades of Washington.

The hikers called 911 on Wednesday night. They were cold, tired and hypothermic. Somehow along the way, some of their gear was lost. They have been reduced to one sleeping bag and only [...]

An 18-year-old man and a 16-year-old girl were quickly found after using their cell phone to call for help when they got lost in the woods of Fundy National Park in Canada.

The two teens were dayhiking in the densely wooded area when they meandered off trail for some exploration. When they tried to get back [...]

A helicopter was able to pick up the Slovenian climber stranded on Mustagh Tower in Pakistan. He survived four days with no equipment, no food and no drinks.

Rescue was delayed because Dejan Miskovic was stranded above 20,000 feet, the ceiling for a helicopter to fly in. Apparently Dejan was able to climb down to [...]

A woman fell 40 feet during a night hike near Cedar Creek in Missouri. It took rescuers 2 ½ hours to rescue the woman who only spent one hour in the hospital. I wonder what she fell on to break her fall. 40 feet and minor injuries sounds like a good deal to me.

The woman [...]