A 68-year-old hiker became lost after he tried taking a short cut suggested by other hikers on Owens Peak, California.

Frank Moore was hiking solo on Owens Peak. He was told of a short cut on the trail and somehow went the wrong direction. When he became lost, he was able to get a weak cell [...]

A female hiker injured her leg on Piestewa Peak (pictured above) near Phoenix Arizona. The woman was hiking on the popular Summit Trail when the accident happened. It is unclear how the woman was injured.

Phoenix Fire Department responded to the scene. They assisted her down the mountain to safety and taken to a local hospital [...]

A hiker lost in the Great Swamp of New York requires dozens of searchers and two helicopters 8 hours to find and rescue him.

Andrew Moore was solo hiking through the swamp and realized he was lost around 6:30 p.m. 13 agencies, including search and rescue teams, firefighters and police, responded to the scene and started [...]

Jimmy Carter, the 76-year-old hiker missing near Crystal Mountain in Northern Colorado, has been found. He survived two nights when temperatures dipped into the 40s. Authorities said he was found and was already reunited with his family.

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A Norwegian mechanic broke his ankle while hiking a 2,000-meter high mountain in the Antarctic.

49-year-old Sigurd Sande was hiking with a friend in minus 22-degree weather when Sande broke his ankle near a summit. His friend tried to phone for help, but the batteries in the satellite phone froze over. He put the sat phone [...]

Fire crews from Scottsdale Arizona responded to a call of a dizzy hiker on Pinnacle Peak (pictured above). The 60-year-old man called around 11 a.m. to complain of the dizziness.

The nice firefighters escorted the man down the mountain but he refused to be transported to the hospital. Authorities believe the man ran out of water [...]

More than 50 search and rescue personnel are out looking for a 76-year-old Texas hiker who went missing near Crystal Mountain in Colorado.

Jimmy Carter (an avid hunter and hiker, not the former President) was camping with his brother this weekend and said he was going on a solo hike and planned to return around noon. [...]

A 71-year-old hiker from Camarillo, California is missing in the Adirondacks, New York.

Frederick Gillingham owns a seasonal home in the Indian Lake area and was last seen on October 12. Although his last contact with family and friends was last Sunday, he wasn’t reported missing until Wednesday.

Gillingham’s car was found at the Rock River [...]

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

Bergrettung Meran was alerted for the rescue of a lady climber who fell 200 meters below the summit of the Tschigats (pictured above) in the Texelgruppe range of Italy’s South Tyrol. The lady was on the north side of the summit at 2,900 meters when [...]

A female climber fell more than 20 meters near Wharepapa South (pictured above) in New Zealand and suffered multiple fractured in the fall.

The 26-year-old woman was climbing with friends when she fell. Helicopter rescue was called to the popular climbing area and transported her to a local hospital. Her current condition is unknown. It is [...]