Bodies of Missing Trekkers Found in Nepal 3-Months Later Recent spring thaw in Earth’s tallest mountain range has solved a 3-month long mystery, revealing tragedy. RELATED: India Air Pollution Dropped So Much That The Himalaya Are Visible For the First Time in 30-Years! Last week, the bodies of two missing trekkers were located after a South Korean duo went missing in January 2020 along with at least four other […] Avalanche SnowBrains | April 30, 2020 0 Comments
Utah Search and Rescue Volunteers Working Tirelessly During Pandemic It’s mid-April and despite an invisible enemy that’s put the world economy on gridlock and forced millions worldwide to shelter indoors, not a whole lot has changed for Utah’s search and rescue teams. Despite National Park closures, they are still busier than ever, if not even more so now, as temperatures rise and spring weather nicens. “Work for us […] Martin Kuprianowicz | April 21, 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
Summit County Rescue Group Saves Injured Snowboarder off Loveland Pass, CO On Tuesday night, six members of the Summit County Rescue Group responded to a call on Loveland Pass, CO when a snowboarder became injured near the top of the pass in whiteout conditions, according to the Summit County Rescue Group’s Facebook page. The group’s public information officer, Charles Pitman, said two men were snowboarding together when one severely hurt himself […] SnowBrains | April 16, 2020 0 Comments
Missing Kayaker’s Body Found in Colorado: Drone Footage Led to His Discovery Sad news out of Trinidad, Colorado: a kayaker, who went missing on Monday, April 6, was found dead last week submerged beneath the waters of a local lake. Apparently, witnesses saw the kayaker capsize and then disappear, OutThere Colorado reports. The kayaker’s disappearance commenced what would turn into a multi-day search on North Lake, west of Trinidad, Colorado. Search efforts conducted […] SnowBrains | April 16, 2020 0 Comments
20 Search and Rescue Volunteers Rescue Injured Man on Colorado Glacier At 10:15 a.m. on April 3, the Alpine Rescue Team received a call from Clear Creek County Sheriff’s dispatch about an unidentified man who was injured on the St. Mary’s Glacier snowfield about 10 miles northwest of Idaho Springs, Colorado. Because of his injuries, they responded with a Code 3. That, public information officer Dawn Wilson explained to The Denver […] SnowBrains | April 13, 2020 0 Comments
Nordic Rescue Team Gets Caught in Avalanche on Rescue Mission in Nevada County, CA A Nordic rescue team was dispatched from the Donner Pass rest area in California to rescue a backcountry skier who was lost in the high country of Nevada County, northeast of Castle Peak, last Saturday, April 4. According to the Nevada County Sherrif’s Search and Rescue office, the skier had cell signal and placed an emergency call in the afternoon […] Avalanche AvyBrains | April 6, 2020 0 Comments
New Avalanche Rescue Drone in the Works PowderBee Bluebird Mountain has created a working prototype called the PowderBee, which is an avalanche rescue drone. The drone has been made to fit inside your pack and is used alongside typical avalanche rescue procedures and equipment. When the PowderBee is needed, simply extend the antenna, point towards the avalanche zone and push one button and the drone is off searching. […] Gear Review Dan Scheibelein | February 25, 2020 0 Comments
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