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Park Rangers Searching Longs Peak, CO for Lone Hiker who Failed to Return Sunday

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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 […]

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CragBrains | August 30, 2018
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Missing Hiker Found in Rocky Mountain National Park

August 7th, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO: 60 year-old Steve Elliott started ascending Longs Peak on a stormy Friday morning, intending to hike Clark’s Arrow and the Loft Route, and then return via the Keyhole Route. The round trip is estimated at 13 miles with 5,300 feet of elevation gain -but the Texas native did not make it that far.   On Saturday morning, the […]

Spencer Miller | August 14, 2017
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Two Female Mountaineers Trapped on 14,259’ Longs Peak in Colorado in Ice Storm

Two experienced female mountaineers, Connie Yang and Suzanne Turell, from Maine are currently trapped near the summit of 14,259-foot Longs Peak in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park. They sent cell phone texts between 9:07am and 9:12am Thursday September 12th, 2013 to Connie’s Sister:   Rangers and friends have tried calling the women’s cell phones to no avail. “They are very […]

SnowBrains | September 13, 2013
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