‘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 […] SnowBrains | July 30, 2024 0 Comments
4 Hikers Rescued in Austria After Getting Lost in a Snowfield Four German hikers got trapped in a snowfield above 3,000m (9,840ft) altitude in the Zillertal, Austria. The four hikers aged 29-58 had set out on a multi-day hike from the Alpenrosen Hut via the Schönbichler Peak to the Furtschagl Hut. The last section of the hike, known as the Berliner Höhenweg, is known as a technically very advanced hike. The […] Climbing Julia Schneemann | June 29, 2023 0 Comments
Tourist Gets Lost Needing Rescue While Researching Deaths of Young Family on California Trail The forest is the forest. It can be beautiful, dangerous, awe-inspiring, and treacherous all at the same time. The wonders of Mother Nature must be respected, it isn’t Disneyland. It isn’t a perfectly maintained, temperature-controlled, fresh arctic water served on every corner zone for people to frolic in without a care in the world. Wednesday, June 29th a call came […] SnowBrains | July 6, 2022 4 Comments
Phone, Wallet, Keys: A Story of Recovered Belongings Phone. Wallet. Keys. Some of our most important personal items are also the most commonly lost. In fact, one study found that: “70 million smartphones are lost each year, with only 7 percent recovered.” Recently, in Utah’s Deer Creek Reservoir, a scuba instructor recovered a man’s phone and wallet, which had been lost at the bottom for several years. Evan […] Laughs Jesse | July 27, 2021 0 Comments
Woman Reunited With Engagement Ring Lost at Wild Willy’s Hot Spring, CA, After Stranger Finds It and Hands It In On June 5, a young husband and wife stopped by Wild Willy’s hot springs, Mammoth Lakes, CA, to enjoy the water. Hours after they left, they realized she left her valuable diamond engagement ring on the rock edge of the tub. They returned and searched for the ring, but it was lost. They filed a report with the Mono County […] SnowBrains | July 1, 2021 0 Comments
VIDEOS: Lost and Abandoned Ski Areas of Pennsylvania and Colorado [arve url="https://youtu.be/62-nc15zCFc"] Dominic Gawel | December 15, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Woman Who Survived Almost 2-Weeks in Zion National Park, UT Became Disorientated and Lost After Banging Her Head Holly Suzanne Courtier, 38, who was found alive after spending almost two weeks in the wilderness of Zion National Park, UT became disorientated after she banged her head early in the hike, her daughter told CNN. “She injured her head on a tree. She was very disoriented as a result and thankfully ended up near a water source — a […] SnowBrains | October 20, 2020 4 Comments
Pro Skier Brody Leven’s Movie “Lost” Exposes His Struggle With Acceptance & Respect in the Ski Industry “In this small (adventure) niche of the industry, I believe we’re quick to compare the athletes we’re told to admire. And I simply don’t fit the mold that’s been laid by those before me. I do this differently. I’m not a one-trick pony, don’t commit myself to only one sport, don’t swear, don’t drink, don’t do drugs, don’t do one-turn-wonders […] Industry News SnowBrains | August 11, 2020 7 Comments
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