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Over four years ago, I read “Touching the Void” and I was always intrigued by situation hikers find themselves in and the incredible things they do to stay alive.

This blog is about learning from other people’s mistakes, so you don’t make the same ones.

“Better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat”

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Two Hikers Injured in Separate Incidents in Cascades

Snohomish County Search and Rescue were forced to split up on simultaneous rescue missions in the Cascades.

The team received two reports of two hikers injured in two separate spots. One man fell near the summit of Three Fingers (pictured above). And the other was injured on Buck Creek Pass, east of Glacier Peak (pictured [...]

Climber’s Bolt Fails, Falls 40 Feet in Colorado

A climber fell when the line he was hooked to gave way. The line was hooked into carabiners in bolts and the bolts failed.

The man was climbing in the Cathedral Spires area of the South Platte River. He fell about 40 feet and suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Rescuers arrived at the scene at transported him to [...]

3 Unprepared Climbers Rescued on Velebit mountain in Croatia

A trio of British climbers in their early 20s were admittedly unprepared for a technical climb in Croatia and became stuck when one of their ropes snagged on a rock.

The men were wearing light summer clothes and would’ve surely suffered frostbite if they were forced to spend the night hanging from the cold rock. The [...]

Canadian Climber Found on Mt. Shasta

A 53-year-old Canadian Climber on his descent from the summit of Mt. Shasta was found after becoming lost on Sargent’s Ridge on the southwest side of the mountain.

Jim Kattlus climbed the Northern California peak with his wife. On the way down, Jim felt that a section was too difficult and he was going to look [...]

Teen Climber Stranded on Cliff on Mt. Helena, Montana

An 18-year-old climbing in the Devil’s Kitchen section on Mt. Helena (not to be mixed up with Mount St. Helens), was rescued after he became stranded 50 feet up the wall.

Chase Sanders was climbing the cliffs with no equipment. It is not clear if he was an experienced free climber or if he was just [...]

Couple Walking through Field Found

A couple on holiday from Canada became lost in a field near Amblesideat (pictured above) in the UK. When they became disoriented around 9:20 p.m., they called for help.

They had no idea where they were and were only able to describe the color of the horses. Obviously, that did not help rescuers.

A search and [...]

Hiker Falls 150 Feet Getting Help for Suicide Victim

A woman fell 150 feet down a steep ravine while she tried to hurry down a mountain to get help for a man who apparently committed suicide near Bolton in the UK.

The 72-year-old and her 30-something friend were hiking in the area when they came across a man who was hiking solo. They chatted for [...]

Sick PCT’er Unable to Move, Rescue Underway

A rescue is underway for a sick PCT hiker who became ill and unable to move. The hiker was out on the PCT for three days when another hiker came across him. The hiker was sick, unable to move from his tent, unable to eat and not able to drink.

The person who found the sick [...]

Wildlife Researcher’s Distress Signal Heard 3,700 Miles Away

A British student in Russia conducting global warming research in Russia sent a distress signal picked up in Scotland after she fell off a horse and broke her leg.

Kimberley Warren was with a group of student researchers in Kamchatka nature park (pictured above) when the accident happened. She activated her distress beacon and the Royal [...]

German Hiker Missing after 40-Day Solo Trip through British Columbia

A 43-year-old German hiker was overdue from a 40-day solo backpacking trip through the northern Rockies. The man was supposed to meet a plane to take him out of the wilderness, but he never showed.

Michael Raster is an experienced backpacker. He started his trip on Aug. 1 when a chartered float plane dropped him off [...]

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