20-Year-Old Hiker Survives 50 Days in Frigid British Columbia Wilderness 20-year-old Sam Benastick has been found alive after spending 50 days in the remote wilderness of northeastern British Columbia. As reported by CBC, the young hiker, who embarked on what was supposed to be a 10-day camping trip in Redfern-Keily Provincial Park on October 7, was discovered by workers grading roads near natural gas wells on November 26. Related: Could […] SnowBrains | November 27, 2024 0 Comments
California Teen Survives 30-Hours Alone in Snowy Utah Mountains 17-year-old Nicolas Stacy-Alcantara’s day hike turned into a 30-hour fight for survival in the Utah mountains, reports CNN. Related: 2 Teens Rescued After Night on BC Mountain, Burned Homework to Survive When Fresno, CA resident Nicolas set out in snowy, yet mild conditions in Millcreek Canyon he intended to be back in time for dinner with his ex-girlfriend. But as the […] SnowBrains | January 14, 2020 0 Comments
Unprepared Hiker Survives 4-Nights Lost in Snowy Utah Wilderness Dressed in Shorts and T-Shirt John Wiersema, 39 from Idaho, set out in shorts and t-shirt for a quick 2-hour hike in Bryce Canyon National Park, UT on April 29th, and ended up spending 4-nights lost in the snowy wilderness. Wiersema had set out for the Swamp Canyon Trail, a 4.1 mile hike that offers fantastic views of the park’s iconic red rock formations. Related: Lost Snowboarder […] SnowBrains | May 10, 2019 0 Comments
VIDEO: Snowboarder Almost Buried by TWO Avalanches Manages to Float Out to Safety [arve url="https://youtu.be/Xgh9fzVIps0"] AvyBrains | April 25, 2019 0 Likes 2 Tweets 0 Comments
Woman Survives Four Hours Under Snow after Roof Slide Buries her in Russia A teacher in Russia had to be dug out from under a huge pile of snow after being buried for four hours, reports The Metro. Anastasia Markova, 29, became trapped after two snow slabs fell on to her from a hospital roof in Artyomovsky, in the Irkutsk region of eastern Russia. The unsuspecting teacher had been headed to her local […] Steven Agar | March 30, 2018 0 Comments
Man Survives 1,000-Foot Fall After Cornice Breaks in Revelstoke, B.C. An Alberta snowmobiler was reportedly fell off a 1,000-foot cliff after a cornice he was standing on broke at 1pm on February 17th, 2014 on Boulder Mountain near Revelstoke, Canada. This is VERY hard to believe, but we are finding multiple media reports saying that he survived a 1,000 foot cliff fall. Even the cops are reporting that they found a 44-year-old man at the bottom of a 1,000-foot cliff uninjured. The guy who took the fall was found by his SPOT emergency messenger. Several phone calls also reported his fall to police. He as located and rescued via helicopter. “Police wish to […] SnowBrains | January 14, 2015 2 Comments
Brain Post: Comet ISON Survives! – VIDEO A day after NASA (& we) announced that comet ISON had been murdered by the sun, it now appears that ISON may have survived it’s trip around the sun. Either way, it came damn close to the sun. NASA: “Continuing a history of surprising behavior, material from Comet ISON appeared on the other side of the sun on the evening on Nov. 28, 2013, despite not having been seen in observations during its closest approach to the sun. This movie shows Comet ISON orbiting around the sun — represented by the white circle — and covers Nov. 27, 2013, 3:30 p.m. EST, to Nov. 29, 2013, […] Brains SnowBrains | November 29, 2013 1 Comment
Baby Falls 100-Feet from Cable Car in Switzerland & Survives A 12-month old baby girl survived a 100-foot fall from a cable car at Baerlaui Mountain, Switzerland yesterday. Unfortunately her mother, 31 and father, 38 did not survive in the fall. For reasons still unknown, they were riding on a cargo-only cable car down the mountain after going on a hike. At some point on the decent from 2,700m (8,558 […] SnowBrains | August 6, 2013 3 Comments
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