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‘Highly Unprepared’ Hiker Out of Food and Water Forced to Spend Unplanned Night in Colorado Mountains After Getting Lost and Injured

A hiker’s descent from Ellingwood Point in Colorado turned into an overnight ordeal when he fell and sustained injuries on July 26. According to a Facebook Post, the Alamosa Volunteer Search and Rescue (AVSAR) team responded to the distress call, initiating a complex rescue operation that lasted into the following day. The injured climber, who had strayed off course, could […]
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Graphic Photos: Alice Merryweather Suffers Serious Injuries After 80mph Horror Crash

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Alice Merryweather (@aliweather_) US Alpine skier Alice Merryweather suffered serious injuries last week after crashing at 80-mph during a training run at Saas-Fee in Switzerland. Related: U.S Ski & Snowboard Announces Alpine Ski Team Nominations for 2021-22 Season Graphic images posted to her Instagram show the extent of her […]
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Snowshoer Injured and Survives 30 Hours near Eldora Ski Area, CO

On Sunday, February 21, a 47-year-old woman from Boulder, CO, left for a solo snowshoe along the Jenny Creek Trail from the Eldora Nordic Center. After not returning that evening, her family reported her missing the next day. Rocky Mountain Rescue Group and Flight for Life assisted in the search. According to the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office, search parties located the […]
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Tanner Hall Out for Season After Tearing Achilles Tendon While Filming

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Tanner Hall informed the world via Instagram yesterday that he has just undergone surgery after tearing his Achilles tendon. The Ski Boss was in Minneapolis filming street segments when the injury occurred. Thankfully, the surgery was successful and he will begin PT within the next couple of weeks, with the aim of being back even stronger next winter. Get well soon […]
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Man Suffers Serious Back Injury After Sneaking In To Terrain Park at Big White Ski Resort, BC

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Like most resorts, Big White Ski Resort, BC closed a month ago due to the coronavirus. Resort management has done everything in its power to ensure people stay off their slopes. A 19-year-old man was involved in an accident in the resort’s Telus terrain park last week, suffering a serious back injury. “We, as the mountain operator, have done everything […]
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Jackie Wiles is Ruled Out of the Olympics by an Injury Suffered Racing at the Weekend

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Jackie Wiles of Portland, OR will be unable to compete at the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, according to the United States Olympic Committee and U.S. Ski & Snowboard reports usskiandsnowboard.org. Wiles suffered injuries to her left knee and leg Saturday, Feb. 3rd in a crash during a FIS Ski World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, won by teammate Lindsey Vonn. […]
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Utah Skier Steven Nyman to Miss the Olympics after Suffering Torn ACL

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Less than two weeks before the start of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Utah alpine skier Steven Nyman received news that he didn’t want to hear; that an injury will keep him from his fourth straight Olympic Games appearance, reports sltribe.com. U.S. Ski and Snowboard announced yesterday that the 35-year-old from Provo, who grew up skiing on […]
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Lindsey Vonn Suffered A Back Injury At St. Moritz, Switzerland On Saturday | It Withheld Her From Racing On Sunday

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On Saturday, Lindsey Vonn suffered a back injury during a Super-G race at St. Moritz, Switzerland. She suffered from an acute facet (spinal joint) dysfunction. On the 6th gate she got compressed and her back seized up. https://twitter.com/lindseyvonn/status/939594879713316866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fsports%2F2017%2F12%2F10%2Flindsey-vonn-suffers-back-injury-in-world-cup-race-after-trump-comments.html In the end, Lindsey Vonn finished the race 1.56 seconds behind the leader, which is obviously not a good performance for her, as […]
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Four American Skiers Injured in Avalanche near Rossland, BC During Cat Ski Operation

Four American skiers have been airlifted back to the States following an avalanche on Mount Mackienear near Rossland during a cat ski operation with Big Red Cats last Thursday. The avalanche occurred Thursday afternoon at approximately 2:30 p.m. and resulted in broken bone injuries to four skiers from Spokane, Washington. “There was an avalanche with a group from Big Red […]
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Two Snowboarders Buried, Seriously Injured in Avalanche Outside of Park City, Utah

Two snowboarders were rescued late Wednesday night after becoming buried and seriously injured in an avalanche on a backcountry slope near the Smith and Morehouse Reservoir in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Around 4 p.m. Wednesday, one of the boarders jumped off a cliff, fracturing a large slab of snow. The slide carried one of the men, slamming him into trees on […]
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TGR Producer Caught & Injured in Avalanche @ Jackson Hole on Sunday:

Greg Epstein, the TGR supervising producer, was caught in an avalanche on Sunday afternoon just outside of Jackson Hole. The slide occurred approximately 2pm and carried Epstein nearly 1000 vertical feet. Epstein was the only member of the three-person party to be caught in the slide, and the other two members were able to come to his aid. Epstein was not buried by the slide, and it has been reported that he was able to deploy his avalanche air bag, which would help him remain on top of the avalanche debris. Once the party reached Epstein emergency response was notified. Jackson Hole […]
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70 Injured in Christmas Day Piranha Attack in Argentina

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70 people enjoying their holiday in the Argentine city of Rosario were attacked by a shoal of piranhas in the Parana River on Christmas Day, according to the Daily Mail. Temperatures had soared to over 100 degrees and locals were taking respite from the heat in the river when the piranha attacked. This attack is the worst piranha attack in Rosario since 2008, when 40 swimmers were injured by piranha in the Parana River. In general, piranha […]
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