2 Rescued from Mt. Temple, Alberta when Battery Died on the Phone with their Route On Mt Temple SW Ridge – Rescue Report At 11:00 pm on August 5, two people started up the regular SW ridge of Mt. Temple, in Banff National Park, AB with the aim of climbing all night to watch the sunrise from the top. They downloaded a GPS track off the internet and followed their phone all the way up to […] Climbing CragBrains | September 1, 2018 0 Comments
Montana Climber Recovering after Huge Slab Breaks Free and Severs Leg and Hand A Montana woman is recovering following a June rock climbing accident that left her severely injured and permanently disfigured. Kaylene Murphy was rock climbing with her boyfriend on June 30th at Natural Bridge outside Big Timber, Montana and was acting as the anchor when a six-foot slab of rock broke off and severed part of her leg and hand. An air ambulance […] Climbing CragBrains | September 1, 2018 0 Comments
Park Rangers Searching Longs Peak, CO for Lone Hiker who Failed to Return Sunday Park rangers are searching for a missing 60-year-old man who went hiking in the Longs Peak and Mount Meeker area of Colorado over the weekend and hadn’t returned as planned on Sunday. A family member of Jens “Jay” Yambert, of Urbana, Illinois, notified park rangers on Tuesday that Yambert was overdue, and rangers found his rental car at the Longs Peak […] Climbing CragBrains | August 30, 2018 0 Comments
Inyo Search and Rescue Recover Dead Hiker from Middle Palisades Glacier, CA On Saturday, August 18, 2018, the Inyo County Sheriff’s Office was notified by Interagency Dispatch Center in Bishop of a deceased male subject on the northeast face of Middle Palisades Peak, California. The third hand reporting party described the area as the “Red Rock Route” at approximately 12,900”. On Sunday, August 19 two Inyo County Search and Rescue volunteers began […] Climbing CragBrains | August 23, 2018 0 Comments
Mayor Wants a Permit System to Prevent “Thrill Seekers and Dangerous Buffoons” from Climbing Mont Blanc As deaths and rescues continue to increase, a French mayor has called for a ban on “ill-prepared thrill-seekers” attempting to climb the overcrowded Mont Blanc. 400 climbers each day in summer attempt Western Europe’s highest peak (15,781-feet), but most are novices, according to Jean-Marc Peillex, the local mayor. Many attempt the ascent without proper equipment, as if they were going […] Climbing CragBrains | August 21, 2018 0 Comments
Lone Texan Hiker Had to be Airlifted Off Maroon Peak, CO Due to Injuries Sustained from a Fall A Texas man who was climbing Maroon Peak, Colorado alone Sunday fell nearly 100-feet and had to be airlifted to safety, the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office said Sunday evening. At 14,163-feet, Maroon Peak is the 27th highest peak in Colorado. A call came into dispatch just before 1 pm that a man had fallen into a gully and had injuries […] Climbing CragBrains | August 20, 2018 0 Comments
Committed Climbers Taking to Californian Crags Donning Gas Masks During Wildfire Season The Ferguson fire in Yosemite has created toxic air and is raining ash. This still doesn’t stop @ryansheridan from getting a couple laps in on a boulder. #gasmask #fergusonfire #bouldering #livewithoutlimits #adidasterrex #adiout #fiveten #brandofthebrave #heretocreate #adidasoutdoor #adidas #terrex #adidasnmd #adidassuperstar @adidasterrex @fiveten_official A post shared by Justin Olsen (@justinreedolsen) on Aug 2, 2018 at 4:22pm PDT Climbing areas across […] Climbing CragBrains | August 20, 2018 1 Comment
Williamson Rock, SoCal Climbing Ban May Be Lifted Now Endangered Frog is Thriving For 13 years, one of Southern California’s premier and most popular climbing destinations, Williamson Rock, located 20 miles northeast of Pasadena in the Angeles National Forest, has been off-limits to climbers. Why, you ask? An endangered amphibian, the diminutive mountain yellow-legged frog, writes Adventure Journal. In recent decades, the frog’s population had dwindled to roughly 100 individuals. As climbers began […] Climbing CragBrains | August 16, 2018 0 Comments
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