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
Stranded Brazilian Man Rescued Near ‘Into the Wild’ Bus in Alaska The abandoned bus where Christopher McCandless died in 1992 that would later inspire the novel, Into the Wild, has become the scene of yet another rescue on Wednesday, April 15. A 26-year-old Brazillian man ran out of food and commenced a rescue operation by Alaska State Troopers earlier this week, The Anchorage Daily News reports. RELATED: VIDEO: Ryland Bell’s Alaskan […] SnowBrains | April 18, 2020 0 Comments
Search Continues Today for Person Missing After Avalanche Near Teton Pass, WY UPDATE: 4/2/20 – 5 am PT The search for a snowboarder missing following an avalanche on Taylor Mountain, WY yesterday will resume this morning. 30 members from Teton County Search and Rescue searched for 5-hours yesterday following the slide on the south face of the mountain but called off the search as the light faded. “His ski partner did a […] Avalanche AvyBrains | April 2, 2020 0 Comments
Deputies Asking for Information to Help Find 71-Year-Old Hiker Missing in California Mountains The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office in Northern California is asking for any information that could help find a missing 71-year-old who did not return four days ago from a hike. “He likes to hike McCormick Trail to Grandmother Tree in Hood Mountain Regional Park, Wildcat Trail in Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, and property in between those trails,” deputies said. “If […] CragBrains | November 7, 2019 0 Comments