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Over four years ago, I read “Touching the Void” and I was always intrigued by situation hikers find themselves in and the incredible things they do to stay alive.

This blog is about learning from other people’s mistakes, so you don’t make the same ones.

“Better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat”

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Man Spends Night on Mt. Moosilauke

Who: 64-year-old Richard Barrie of Kittery, Maine
Where: Mount Moosilauke, New Hampshire
His mistake: He went alone, but he did a lot of things right
What happened: A man who went hiking alone on Mount Moosilauke became stranded on the mountain while high winds and frigid temperatures hovered overhead. It is unclear how the man became delayed.

Authorities were [...]

January 17th, 2010 | Category: Hiker, Rescue | 3 comments

…And we’re back

For those who didn’t know, I recently moved to North Lake Tahoe. The rock climbing has been great. The skiing has been better — and it’s gonna get better this week when we get dumped on.

But all of the fun has left me very little time to upload Hiker Hell. Well, I’m going to start [...]

January 17th, 2010 | Category: Uncategorized | 2 comments
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