A 79-year-old man required rescue when he climbed over the side of the road in the Angeles National Forest to retrieve an RC plane he was flying.

The man was on Sand Canyon Road. Rescuers found the man more than an hour after he called, 2.5 miles down the hill.

Read the story here.

Thanks to Hikin’ Jim for sending in this story.

Royal Mounties were called out to rescue a mushroom picker who got lost in the wilderness near Robertson Creek Fish Hatchery in British Columbia.

The man called authorities when he became lost on the way back to his car. Four teams were sent to the area yelling for [...]

A man suffered critical injuries after falling 50 feet from Raven Cliff Falls in White County Georgia.

Hikers in the area spotted a dog standing by the trail. When the hikers investigated, they found the man at the bottom of the embankment. They weren’t sure how long he was laying there.

One hiker went down to help [...]

A hiker who set out for a casual walk through the Mountain Lake wilderness lost his glasses when he hit a branch on the trail. He was unable to locate his glasses and, when darkness fell, unable to find his way out of the wilderness.

Marvin Grant eventually used his cell phone to call the hotel [...]

A hiker reported missing after two weeks in the wilderness was found dead in Glacier National Park.

The man was believed to be on a solo two-week trip through the park. An acquaintance helped the man drop off luggage at a local hotel, then dropped the hiker off at the park.

When the man originally arrived [...]

A 59-year-old backpacker out with two friends fell 30 feet down a 40-degree slope then off a 20-foot drop into a stream bed near Tapeats Cave of the Grand Canyon’s North Rim.

The man, Nic Korte, suffered a broken pelvis, broken arm, a head injury and multiple cuts and bruises. One of Korte’s companions was his [...]

Thanks to “DeRanger” Steve of Desert Bandanna for submitting this story. Desert Bandanna is touted to be a survival tool for those stuck in the desert. The bandanna has tips printed on it so you know how to survive if you are ever forced to spend more time in the desert than you planned.

During spring [...]

It was a beautiful sunny afternoon at around 2:00pm and a 36-year old Seattle man and his partner were descending from a scramble of 5,835-foot Mount Roosevelt located a few miles north of Snoqualmie Pass. The man took a fall and tumbled over 100 feet and landed at the 5,400-foot level on the steep ridge. [...]

A solo hiker was lost while walking through the Pennsylvania State Game Lands in Cold Springs Township.

Randy Greider, 55, lost his way when darkness fell. He couldn’t locate his car, but he was able to use his cell phone to call his wife and give his approximate location. Dozens of emergency personnel and search teams [...]

The body of a 41-year-old Idaho man who went missing July 24, 2006 was found last week by a hunter.

Robert Noble failed to return from a hike near Lake Como (pictured above) two years ago. On Oct. 19, a hunter who saw a backpack and camera gear five miles west of the lake found the [...]