Hiking

Mother dies on Lake District family hike

telegraph.co.uk     6 hrs ago   10 related          

A woman has died after falling 200ft down a mountainside in the Lake District while hiking with her family. The woman was walking on the Sharp Edge with her husband and six-year-old daughter when she fell Photo: North...                    

Hiker dies after 200-foot fall from Mount Si

ktvb.com     9 hrs ago   4 related          

SkyKING Rescue vehicles respond to the Mt. Si trailhead after a man reportedly fell 200 feet on Thursday, August 28, 2008. NORTH BEND, Wash. – A 27-year-old man fell to his death on Mount Si Thursday afternoon. The man...                    

2 hikers rescued from Spire Point

nwsource.com     14 hrs ago   24 related          

Two hikers from Wendell, Mass., who had become stranded on Spire Point in the North Cascades were rescued this afternoon. Also today, the King County Medical Examiner's Office identified a San Jose, Calif., man who died...                    

Jeff Walden: Crawford Notch to Glencliff or, the steep side of Moosilauke is tomorrow morning,...

mozilla.org     yesterday          

July 14 (11.9; 356.9 total, 1817.1 to go; -3.1 from pace, -183.1 overall) It’s an early start today to be ready for a shuttle back to the trail; I eat breakfast and pack up and am on the trail again by about 8:30. This...                    

Go girls! Alpha female adventures ’08

msn.com     yesterday   1 related          

From ice-climbing in Canada to surf safaris in Mexico, 10 female-only forays Alala! Women's Mountain Adventures offers an intensive ice-climbing trip with expert guides in the Canadian Rockies March 2-5, 2009 ($1,100). “I...                    

Defining Walks, Hikes and Scrambles

bellaonline.com     yesterday          

We were about a third of the way up Prairie Mountain in Kananaskis Country (just west of Calgary, Alberta) when my friend let out a sigh of disgust. “You said this was a walk,” she grumbled. “This isn’t a walk – it’s a...                    

Breaking camp around region

baltimoresun.com     28-Aug-2008          

Maryland and its neighbors offer great sites for pitching a tent this fall It's still warm outside, but not quite as warm as it has been. There aren't so many bugs buzzing. And as the days are getting shorter, the crowds...                    

Stranded teen hikers rescued from peak east of Granite Falls

heraldnet.com     28-Aug-2008   7 related          

By Jackson Holtz Herald Writer VERLOT -- "The good news is that we found all three of them alive," Snohomish County sheriff's spokeswoman Rebecca Hover said. A rescue helicopter tried several times Wednesday to find a...                    

Hiking, camping hints include preventing, treating injuries

thenewstribune.com     28-Aug-2008          

In his seven years as a backcountry ranger in North Cascades National Park, Tom Corbett saw a lot of injured hikers and campers. “Most of the injuries were related to bad decisions,” said Corbett, who now runs a Boy Scout...                    

Camden voters to face $2 million Ragged Mountain bond

villagesoup.com     27-Aug-2008          

By Stephen Betts The Camden Herald Reporter CAMDEN (Aug 27): Camden residents will likely have their say in November on whether they support borrowing $2 million to upgrade the Ragged Mountain Recreation Area. The Camden...                    

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