About 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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Who: Photojournalist, Bob Karp, of the Daily Record
Where: Dover, New Jersey
His mistake: He got a little too close
What happened: A photographer for the Daily Record in New Jersey was called to photograph a bear in a neighborhood. The black bear was 300 pounds and hunkered 50 feet up a willow tree in a neighborhood.
The [...]
Who: 35-year-old Tomasz Troszok
Where: Imber Mountain, Omis, Croatia
His mistake: He went off alone. His ultimate mistake is yet to be known
What happened: A man was hiking with a group of four when he decided to go solo to an Imber excursion site on Imber Mountain. Later on that day, the man never reunited with the [...]
Who: A 73-year-old Kenneth “Wade” Brunette of Washington State
Where: Mt. Whitney main trail, California
His mistake: He was hiking alone, but the actual cause is unknown
What happened: A 73-year-old man from Washington is missing on Mt. Whitney, the tallest mountain in the lower 48 states at a height of 14,494 feet or 14,492 feet depending on [...]
Who: A Swedish hiker between 16 and 22 years old
Where: La Vormaine, Le Tour, Chamonix Valley
Her mistake: They got lost and hiked off trail
What happened: A brother and two sisters from Sweden were hiking in the La Vormaine area of Le Tour. Their goal was to head towards Albert 1er refuge. During their hike (which [...]
Who: A 25-year-old man
Where: Lizard Head Rock, Sedona, Arizona
His mistake: He climbed up without planning the climb down
What happened: A man on a bike decided to sit on top of Lizard Head Rock, a rock that looks like a … yah, you got it.
The scramble up was no problem for the biker, but when it [...]
Who: 43-year-old Brooks Scheevers and 73-year-old Francis Scheevers
Where: Sycamore Canyon, Arizona
Their mistake: They just got lost
What happened: Two men, originally reported to be women probably because of their names, went on a day hike through Sycamore Canyon. One of the men called his wife at 4 p.m. to say they were leaving the car and [...]
I just returned from three days of rock climbing in the Mammoth area. The weather was great and the rock was wide open for my friend and I to climb. I posted a few photos in the gallery.
Posts will resume later today or tomorrow. I’ve got a lot of catching up to do.
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Careful though, there are a bunch of items the coupon can’t be applied to including… gift certificates, lift tickets, Arc’teryx, Black Diamond, Burton, The [...]
Who: Mike Brown, from Anchorage
Where: Zachar Bay, Kodiak Island, Alaska
His mistake: Looks like a simple misstep
What happened: A man and his friend were dropped off by plane for a hike near Zachar Bay on the west side of Kodiak Island when he took a fall. It isn’t clear if it was a slip, a [...]
If you’re itching to buy some new gear, get your new threads at www.backcountry.com. They’re offering a 20% off coupon for a lot of the stuff on their Web site.
Careful though, there are a bunch of items the coupon can’t be applied to including… gift certificates, lift tickets, Arc’teryx, Black Diamond, Burton, The [...]
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