Who: A 50-year-old TexanWhere: Mount Crescent, Crescent Range, New HampshireHis mistake: No commentWhat happened: A man from Texas was hiking with a group of friends. During his hike, he somehow fell and injured his thumb. The man said he wasn’t able to extend his thumb.

A friend in the group called 911 and requested a helicopter [...]

Who: A 34-year-old manWhere: Upper Corner Canyon, UtahHis mistake: Doesn’t look like he brought enough waterWhat happened: A man and two of his friends went out for a day hike in a canyon. The man was not an experienced hiker, but his friends were. During the hike, the man became dehydrated. The group tried to [...]

Who: 58-year-old Theodore GilmoreWhere: Mount Borah, IdahoHis mistake: It’s unknownWhat happened: A hiker from Massachusetts was visiting Idaho and attempting to climb Mt. Borah. He informed the owners of his motel that he would be dayhiking and should return by night time.

The next morning, the hotel staff noticed the man’s clothes were still in the [...]

Who: 20-year-old Cherie HamiltonWhere: Wishon Reservoir, Sierras, CaliforniaHer mistake: She took a different route to campWhat happened: A woman and her boyfriend were camping with some friends at Wishon Reservoir. During a dayhike, they were on their way back to camp, but the woman and her boyfriend took different routes. Apparently she wanted to take [...]

Who: Two hikersWhere: Columbia River Gorge, OregonTheir mistake: They just got lostWhat happened: Two hikers visiting a couple of waterfalls in the Columbia River Gorge got lost last week.

They planned to hike to Horsetail Falls, then finishing at Oneonta Falls (pictured above). They were able to use a cell phone to call for help, but [...]

Thanks to Bergschlawiner of North Bend, Wash. for submitting this story.

Who: Two 17-year old climbersWhere: Climbing the Kanzianiberg on the Finkenstein on Faaker See (Bezirk Villach) in Kärnten.Their mistake: Accidentally disturbing a wasp nestWhat happened: The two young climbers were climbing on the Kanzianiberg when they accidentally disturbed a nest of wasps and were each [...]

Who: An 18-year-old teenWhere: Shinumo Wash Route, Grand CanyonHis mistake: Looks like they didn’t have enough waterWhat happened: A group of eight hikers were descending into the canyon via the Shinumo Wash route. They were halfway down the trail when they ran out of water. An 18-year-old male in the group succumbed to the heat [...]

Who: A 43-year-old womanWhere: Koksilah Park, British ColumbiaHer mistake: Looks like poor planningWhat happened: A woman on a spiritual hike by herself for a few days ran into some problems on the second day. She ran out of water and was forced to make a phone call to her friend.

The lost and dehydrated hiker was [...]

Who: 20-year-old Duncan WeedWhere: Watson Lake Park, ArizonaHis mistake: It’s unknownWhat happened: A climbing instructor was showing some girls how to rappel. During the rappel, Authorities said the man was dropping too fast for the student securing the rope. The man fell into a pile of boulders and suffered injuries.

A chopper was sent out and [...]

Who: 47-year-old Ricky Butler, of Dallas, Ga.Where: Near Hiwassee and Nottely rivers, GeorgiaHis mistake: He was hiking alone, but there was a lot of bad luck involvedWhat happened: A man was hiking up a mountain on what seems to be a dayhike. During his ascent, the man fell and lost his glasses. He quickly became [...]