Who: 23-year-old Brendan ShoemakerWhere: Mountain High Ski Resort in Southern CaliforniaHis mistake: He hit a gnar 40-foot bank and couldn’t get back upWhat happened: A snowboarder and a friend were snowboarding out of bounds near the Mountain High resort when one of the snowboarders decided to hit a 40-foot bank. The man dropped down the [...]

Who: Unknown. Would be nice if search and rescue released a description of the guyWhere: Backcountry near Mountain High Ski Resort, Southern CaliforniaHis mistake: Not sure, but he’s lost out thereWhat happened: Firefighters, sheriff’s deputies and search groups are looking for a hiker reported missing yesterday afternoon.

Search teams were looking for the man until [...]

Who: 47-year-old David BeakinWhere: Great White Icicle in Little Cottonwood Canyon, UtahHis mistake: Not sure what happened, but he broke his ankle.What happened: An ice climber somehow broke his ankle while ascending the Great White Icicle in Little Cottonwood Canyon.

The man, who was climbing with a friend, had a cell phone on him and was [...]

Who: A male climberWhere: Pool of Blood route in Eldorado Canyon State ParkHis mistake: Looks like his safety equipment ripped out of the rock. Not sure who’s at fault here.What happened: A climber fell 30-40 feet while ascending the Pool of Blood, a 5.9 climb that goes along a 50-foot long wide crack on a [...]

Who: 32-year-old Gabriel Fortin and 27-year-old Stephanie DesiletsWhere: White Mountains, New HampshireTheir mistake: Looks like they got caught in bad weather, but they were well preparedWhat happened: A couple of Canadians attempting to traverse the presidential range from north to south were caught in nasty weather and were forced to hunker down.

Fortunately, the couple was [...]

Who: 63-year-old Ronald J. TrickWhere: Red River Gorge, KentuckyHis mistake: He hiked too close to the edge and took a tumbleWhat happened: Ronald J. Trick went on a solo hike in the Red River Gorge area of the Daniel Boone National Forest.

Somehow, Trick went over the edge of a cliff and fell about 165 feet [...]

Who: A male hiker (no other details)Where: Skyline Trail beneat the Palm Springs TramHis mistake: He was wearing a t-shirt and shorts in 30-40 mph winds at the 7,500-foot level.What happened: A hiker wearing nothing but a t-shirt and shorts became hypothermic when he was caught in 30-40 mph winds at the 7,500-foot level trying [...]

Thanks to Bergschlawiner of the MRA International Committee and Seattle Mountain Rescue for sending in this story.

Who: 45-year-old Dagmar H. from KlosterneuburgWhere: Planneralm Ski Area near Schladming, Austria (shown in photo below)Her mistake: Skiing in an avalanche prone areaWhat happened: On Tuesday morning the police were notified of an avalanche at the Planneralm [...]

Who: A 35-year-old femaleWhere: Kalalau, HawaiiHer mistake: Should’ve filtered the water.What happened: A woman became ill supposedly from stream water during a 10-day camping trip with her husband.

It is unclear how or if the woman filtered the water. Either way, she made a mistake by not filtering the water, or not filtering it correctly. When [...]

Who: A 21-year-old manWhere: Potholes route in the Garden of the Gods, ColoradoHis mistake: He didn’t properly set up his equipment for a rappel.What happened: A man fell 50 feet into a sidewalk and suffered life-threatening injuries when he failed to set up his equipment to rappel.

The account below was taken from Stewart’s Climbing Blog.

“The [...]