Woman Sues Silverton Mountain, CO After Being Paralyzed From The Waist Down After Falling From Chairlift Platform According to the Durango Herald, a woman is suing Silverton Mountain after she fell off the lift and was paralyzed from the waist down in March 2016. Durango, CO resident Gail Goehrig was riding up the chairlift with her daughter as a foot passenger to sight see. As she was exiting the chairlift, it knocked her off the platform and caused her […] Industry News Chris Wallner | November 30, 2017 2 Comments
Quinn Brett Seriously Injured After A 100-Foot Fall On El Cap In Yosemite National Park, CA According to Tom Evans on El Cap Report, well known climber Quinn Brett, was seriously injured when she fell 100-feet on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, CA. The fall occurred on Wednesday, October 11th, 2017. At the time, she was attempting to climb the Nose in one day. She fell from the Boot Flake feature, hit the Texas Flake below, and […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 18, 2017 0 Comments
‘Drunk As Hell’ Man Is Expected Survive After He Fell Off A 100-Foot Cliff While Camping In Colorado According to The Durango Herald, the 29-year-old man that fell off of a 100-foot cliff in the upper Hermosa Creek area, CO while camping with a friend is expected to survive. Around 9:25pm on Monday, officials were alerted of a man that activated his GPS tracking device to alert authorities that his friend had fallen off of a cliff and needed to […] Industry News Chris Wallner | September 8, 2017 0 Comments
65-year Old Austrian Man Slips to His Death Descending Mont Blanc A 65 year old Austrian man slipped to his death on Saturday during a descent of Mont Blanc, reports thelocal.at The party of three were just above the notorious Couloir du Goûter (Grand Couloir) when the man slipped and fell 200m (650ft). He died instantly. The reason for the fall is still unclear, but local authorities were quick to rule […] Climbing Steven Agar | July 24, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: Fallen Climber Airlifted From Cliff by California Highway Patrol California Highway Patrol were called to airlift out a man in his mid 20s last Thursday who had fallen up to 30ft whilst rock climbing near Tahoe City. At around 11:10am on July 13th, Cal-Fire Grass Valley Dispatch requested a hoist for a fallen climber in the Twin Crags area. A CHP Helicopter 20 (H-20) in the Truckee area was […] Climbing Steven Agar | July 21, 2017 0 Comments
Fun Friday: Jerry of the Day’s “Line Of The Year” | 30 Second Tumble Down 500 Vertical Feet [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fBzg67C2nY"] Chris Wallner | May 11, 2017 68 Likes 0 Tweets 1 Comment
Be Careful Where You Take Selfies | Woman Falls Off California’s Highest Bridge While Snapping A Selfie According to Men’s Health, a unnamed woman fell 60ft off of the Foresthill Bridge and onto a trail below her. She was attempting to take a selfie while hanging out with her friends. This woman is very lucky that she only fell 60ft because this bridge reaches heights of 730ft. Thankfully, the woman was quickly airlifted to a nearby hospital where she is […] Industry News Chris Wallner | April 6, 2017 2 Comments
VIDEO: Epic Crash Nearly Results In A Fall Over A Massive Cliff [arve url="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Faymarnavarrofreeride%2Fvideos%2F1365555550197441%2F&show_text=0&width=560"] Chris Wallner | March 14, 2017 0 Likes 1 Tweet 0 Comments
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