A 46-year-old hiker was chased by a monkey that was trying to snatch a bag of nuts the woman was holding. During the hiker’s attempted escape, the woman fell 20 meters into the Hong Kong reservoir and suffered injuries to her head, arms and legs.

The woman was hiking with a group through Shing Mun Country [...]

Two men and two women who were reported missing in Kosciusko National Park in Australia were found by rescuers on a snowmobile.

The group of four hikers were on a four-day trek the park and were reported missing by family members when they didn’t return on time. Luckily the group left their itinerary with family members [...]

A 38-year-old woman injured her leg, arm and pelvis in a 35-foot fall in Edlorado Canyon State Park, CO.

The woman was hiking when she somehow lost her footing and fell off a cliff. A helicopter was brought in to airlift the injured woman out. When rescuers reached her, she was alert and oriented of the [...]

Thanks to Hikin’ Jim for sending in this story.

An 82-year-old man was found alive after spending nearly three days in snow squalls and freezing temperatures.

Charles Harrison went on a hike to search for hunting spots in Tobyhanna State Park in the Pocono Mountains, PA, when he somehow became lost. His daughter reported him missing and [...]

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

A 25-year-old man who was hiking home from a party took a fall and was unable to continue home. An uncle of the man had cell phone contact with him and at 5:30 pm was able to call the fire department for help.

A [...]

Yesterday I posted a story of two climbers who got lost on their decent from Snoqualmie Mountain in Washington. The climbers reached the summit, but decided to take a different route down to their car.

On the way down, they became lost near some cliff bands. They were equipped with maps, compass and headlamps but [...]

Authorities say that seven soldiers and three porters were killed in two separate avalanches near the Line of Control (pictured above) in Kashmir.

Three porters were struck by an avalanche first. The avalanche spawned the search and rescue effort of two officers and five jawans (soldiers) who were hit by a second avalanche on the mountain.

Both [...]

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

It was pure luck that a 48-year-old Tyrolean hiker survived a 50-meter fall in Obsteig Sunday after he lost his cell phone in the fall.

The hiker was on the Simmering Alm (pictured above) in Obsteig heading towards the valley on the Alpsteig. The trail [...]

A 22- and 26-year-old hiker were forced to spend a cold night in Pisgah National Forest after getting lost.

Wesley Sluder and Brandy Arnett were on a dayhike in the forest when they got lost. The hikers used a cell phone to call Arnett’s parents to tell them they were lost. They only had gear for [...]

Two 20-year-old hikers were found after getting lost in darkness while hiking through Resrvoir Canyon in San Luis Obispo County, Central California.

Carlos Galvez and Johnnie Medina were in the area and couldn’t find their way out of the canyon when night fell. They used a cell phone to call the sheriff’s office at 7:17 pm. [...]