Thanks to Cy for hipping me to this story.

An experienced 72-year-old climber barely dodged death when he was rescued from a crevasse on Mount Baker.

Kurt Drocholl was making a solo bid on Mount Baker and decided to turn around due to a nagging ankle problem. On the descent, he slipped on hard ice and slid [...]

A 49-year-old man lost his footing and slid 175 feet down a steep slope and onto a narrow ledge while hiking on Mount Howard, in the Stevens Pass area of Washington.

The man, who seemed to be hiking alone, was unable to move from his position and held onto the ground. The cold temperatures were numbing [...]

A climber ascending Wrinkle Rock on the back side of Mount Rushmore fell 20 feet and broke his foot.

The climber was 60 feet up the face when he slipped 20 feet. His gear held, but on the way down, the climber’s foot caught a crack and his foot was mangled.

Other climbers in the area were [...]

A climber fell to the ground after a camming device malfunctioned on a climb on Bosigran (pictured above), a popular climbing spot along the southern coast of England.

He was not seriously injured, but authorities say he was lucky to avoid further harm.

The British Mountaineering Council concluded the accident happened because a camming device broke during [...]

A 65-year-old woman participating in a charity walk with 100 other hikers tripped and broke her arm and hand on Lugnaquilla, a 3,031-foot mountain in Ireland.

Authorities said she simply tripped on a very easy section of the trail. The Dublin and Wicklow Mountain Rescue team responded to the incident and found the woman with [...]

A 60-year-old man was found after being lost in the Shining Rock Wilderness area in North Carolina for two days. He was last scene picking berries with his wife.

Several hundred rescuers hiked, used dogs, drove ATVs and flew in helicopters looking for the man. Overnight temperatures were cold, but not life-threatening. Easy to say it [...]

A 44-year-old hiker had an allergic reaction to a bee sting and was unable to make it back to the trailhead in North Fork, Oregon

Robert Dorszynski was hiking with his 14-year-old nephew near Elk Lake (pictured above) when he was stung by the bee. His body had an allergic reaction to the sting and he [...]

A hiker was found after getting separated from his friend on the Dutchman’s Creek Trail in Uwharrie National Forest (pictured above), North Carolina.

Jeff Harlow and his friend were experienced outdoorsmen. They actually just returned from a three-day trip to Mt. Mitchell (pictured below), the tallest mountain east of the Mississippi. But somehow they were unable [...]

This is my 500th post on Hiker Hell. Pretty amazing considering that I started this blog on June 22 – less than three months ago.

I’m amazed on a daily basis on how many injuries occur out there everyday to hikers, climbers and backpackers like you and I.

It surely has made me a lot safer on [...]

Four hikers were trapped on Old Man Coniston, a popular hiking mountain in the UK’s Lake District.

The four hikers became lost when darkness fell and called for help. 13 members (now that’s a rescue party) of the Coniston Mountain Rescue Team responded to the scene.

The rescue party found the group near the summit around [...]