A 75-year-old hiker was found lying unconscious near Lakeland River in England. She had head injuries and possible spinal injuries from a fall.

Two hikers found her motionless body while they were hiking on the trail. At first, they thought it was debris that just washed down stream, but soon realized that it was a human. [...]

Last week I posted a story about a 43-year-old German man who was overdue from a 40-day solo trip through the Northern Rockies in British Columbia. Michael Raster chartered a float plane to a remote area and was supposed to meet the plane 40 days later at Frog Lake. He never showed up for his [...]

Thanks to Wesley, my Shasta partner and future Rainier buddy (I hope), for sending in this story.

Cell phone usage while driving can be dangerous, but a man on Mt. Whitney proved that cell phone usage and hiking can be just as hazardous.

A 28-year-old man walked off a 25-foot cliff while talking on his cell phone. [...]

A 31-year-old man became lost in snow, rain and fog while ascending Sheep Mountain in Alaska. Alex Hildebrand was on a solo hike when he became disoriented when the weather rolled in and the sun began to set.

He called a friend to tell him about his situation and Alaska State Troopers were alerted. Juneau Mountain [...]

A 65-year-old hiker reported missing yesterday was found on Mount Lamborn in Delta County, Colorado.

Sharon Popish-Butcher went on a day hike yesterday on Mount Lamborn with a friend. Around 1:30 p.m., Popish-Butcher fell behind and told her friend that she was just going to hike cross-country back to her home.

When she didn’t return by 6 [...]

Three hikers were forced to spend a cold night on Mount Angeles in Washington when they became exhausted from lack of food and water.

Jake Robinette, 19, Amanda Roark-Lujan, 21, and Sara Winslow, 16, were out for a day hike to bag Mount Angeles, a 6,454-foot mountain near Port Angeles. Fog descended on them while [...]

A father, 10-year-old son , 7-year-old son and 12-year-old daughter were trapped in their tent by a fallen gum tree.

The three were camping at a campsite in Kyogle, Australia when the gum tree (also called a eucalyptus) snapped and fell on their tent. The man, older son and his daughter suffered leg and head injuries. [...]

Thanks to Jeff of HikingtheSmokys.com for hipping me to this story.

A 20-year-old college student at Lee University hiking through the Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee was electrocuted when he was climbing a power pole. He fell 20 feet to the ground and is in critical but stable condition at a local hospital.

Caleb Baber was hiking [...]

Thanks to Jeff of HikingtheSmokys.com for hipping me to this story.

A 23-year-old hiker suffered a fractured ankle, two broken toes on his left foot, a broken thumb and lacerations on his forehead after tumbling down a waterfall trying to save his dog from the same fate.

Taylor “Boomer” Sassman and his dog were out on a [...]

Thanks to Bergschlawiner of Seattle Mountain Rescue for submitting this story.

A group of 12 Czech alpinists had to be rescued Sunday night whileattempting to climb the 2,515-meter summit of the Grosser Priel. A 30-yearold lady and her 32-year old partner took off Saturday morning to climb thepeak. They were totally unequipped for this climb and [...]