UPDATE: Man Rescued After Going Missing After Summiting Highest Peak in Lower 48 – 14,505′ Mt. Whitney, CA UPDATE: 5/24/2 03:00 am PT: A high-elevation search and rescue operation ended happily last night when ground searchers successfully located missing hiker Edward Lee Alderman in the vicinity of Timberline Lake, several miles west of the summit of Mount Whitney. Mr. Alderman is reported to be alert, despite injuries, fatigue, and exposure to sub-freezing temperatures. Mr. Alderman was reported missing […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 24, 2021 2 Comments
No Evidence of Fraud Found in Investigation of Woman’s 12-Day Disappearance in Zion National Park, UT Authorities found no evidence supporting fraud surrounding the investigation of Holly Suzanne Courtier, a 38-year-old woman who went missing for 12-days in Zion National Park, UT last year. Courtier’s disappearance went viral after Washington County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Sgt. Darrell Cashin found aspects of the story that did not add up. Courtier’s family set up a GoFundMe several days […] Brains Dominic Gawel | March 17, 2021 0 Comments
New App Allows RCMP to Track Missing and Injured People in the British Columbia Backcountry [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJyytCbx17w"] Dominic Gawel | March 12, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Three Mountaineers Missing in K2 Winter Attempt At 28,251′, K2 is the second-highest peak in the world. The peak is notorious for its stature, death rate, short season, and difficulty to climb. The “savage mountain” claims the lives of 1 in 4 climbers who attempt it making it the 3rd deadliest mountain in the world. Until January 16, 2021, the peak had never been climbed in the […] Climbing Dominic Gawel | February 11, 2021 0 Comments
Man Found Alive 49 Days After Going Missing in the Grand Canyon, AZ 60-year-old Stephen Coleman of Portland, Maine, was last seen on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park on December 20th, 2020. He left his belongings with a friend before heading into the canyon, and he never returned to retrieve them. The National Park Service believed he was traveling alone into the canyon and is a transient in the Arizona area. […] Backcountry Dominic Gawel | February 10, 2021 0 Comments
Search For Missing 18 Year Old in Colorado State Park Continues After nearly a week, the search continues for an 18-year-old teen who disappeared at a beach in Chatfield State Park in Littleton, Colorado on July 31. Water recovery efforts for SMFR & @WestMetroFire are shutting down for day 5 in the search for the missing person in the reservoir. @Denver_Fire plans to send it’s dive team out to Chatfield on […] Clay Malott | August 5, 2020 0 Comments
Search Continues for Woman Missing for 3-Weeks in Sierra National Forest, CA A team of rescuers continues to search for a woman who has been missing in the Sierra National Forest for almost three weeks now. Sandra Johnsen Hughes, 54, has not been heard from since June 26th. Related: 2 Separate Major Searches Underway for Hikers Missing For Days on Mount Rainier, WA Hughes was on a solo camping trip near Johnson Meadows […] SnowBrains | July 13, 2020 0 Comments
Skier Missing Since Friday on Mount Rainier, WA is Believed to Have Fallen From Treacherous Liberty Ridge A search is underway for a man missing since Friday on Liberty Ridge, on the north side of Mount Rainier, WA. The incident brings the number of people missing on Mount Rainier to three after two others went missing in separate incidents last week. Matthew Bunker, of Seattle, was reported missing by the other member of his party at 3:00 pm […] Climbing CragBrains | June 29, 2020 0 Comments
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