Last night I posted a story of a hiker who fell 800 feet down a cliff on Palomar Mountain in Southern California. This morning, the rescue was still taking place.

Apparently the woman is in her 40s and was visiting friends who live on a mountain road. The 265-pound woman decided to hike in the canyon [...]

A hiker who was forced to hunker down for 12 days and survive off of two-days-worth of food was found near Red Devil Lake (pictured above) in Yosemite National Park.

Steve Frazier started a 5-day solo trip through the park on October 28. The weather was perfect when he left. But he started with a capped [...]

Four 19-year-olds found after becoming lost on Saddleback Mountain (pictured above) in New Hampshire may have to pick up the bill for the rescue. The four were hiking on the mountain and wandered off trail. They became lost, but eventually were found by search and rescue teams.

They may be billed for the rescue because they [...]

Four deaf hikers became lost while hiking near LeoPalace Resort in Guam. It is unclear where the hikers were from.

After being lost for two to four hours, the hikers sent a text message to Guam Fire and Rescue who immediately responded with a Navy chopper. The helicopter located the four hikers and rescued them. [...]

A 33-year-old man hiking solo in Adirondack Park was forced to break into a cabin to survive a snowstorm after he became lost.

Pavel Shamara was hiking on Tongue Mountain when a winter storm entered the area. He somehow lost the trail on the way down and found himself in a summer camp. To survive, he [...]

Two army officers and six soldiers are missing after they were struck by an avalanche in north Kashmir. The 8 men were on a mission to rescue a porter who fell into a deep gorge.

The team of eight were descending the mountain looking for the porter when the avalanche hit around 6 p.m. There has [...]

A woman apparently has fallen 800 feet into a steep canyon on the south side of Palomar Mountain in Southern California.

It is unknown how she fell. Rescuers are trying to figure out how to extract her. The ravine she fell in is steep, covered in 75-foot-tall trees and night as fallen in the area.

Along with [...]

It was a beautiful clear fall day when two University of Washington students from Seattle, ages 21 and 22, reached the summit of Mt. Snoqualmie (6,278 feet) near Snoqualmie Pass.

On the way down they decided to take a more “direct” route down to Alpental on the southwest slope when they found themselves stranded [...]

Three men became trapped in a flooded cave in Burren, Ireland. All three were experienced cavers but couldn’t do anything when the rain picked up and flooded the cave system.

When they didn’t return from their day of exploring, the wife of one of the cavers called authorities at 3:30 a.m. The Irish Cave Rescue Organisation [...]

A 35-year-old hiker from Las Vegas died after falling 75 feet in the Lake Mead Recreation Area, Arizona.

The man was hiking with a group up Fortification Hill (pictured above) when he somehow fell 75 feet. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A recovery team picked up the body and transferred it to the [...]