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A hiker dies in a fall at Arches National Park in Utah
MOAB, Utah (AP) — A hiker died in a fall on a popular trail at Arches National Park in Utah. The 68-year-old man from Paramus, New Jersey, fell about 30 feet (9 meters) Tuesday morning, park officials said in a statement. Resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful. The...
American hiker found dead on South Africa's Table Mountain
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An American woman who went missing while on a hike on Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa has died and her body has been recovered, authorities said on Monday. The woman has been identified as a 20-year-old student from North Carolina named Brook...
A Glacier National Park trail in Montana is closed after bear attacks hiker
WEST GLACIER, Mont. (AP) — A section of a popular Glacier National Park trail was closed Thursday after a man was attacked by a bear and injured, park officials said. Rangers are still trying to determine if the attack involved a grizzly bear or a black bear. The...
A rockfall triggered by a rainstorm kills a woman hiker in Greece
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A rockfall triggered by a sudden rainstorm fatally injured a hiker in a popular national park on the Greek island of Crete Wednesday, authorities said. The accident occurred in the Samaria Gorge of western Crete. The victim was identified by state-run ERT...
Canadian woman dies after being caught in a sudden snowstorm in Italy's Dolomite mountains
MILAN (AP) — A 56-year-old Canadian woman died after being caught in a sudden snowstorm in Italy’s Dolomite mountains and her companion was being treated for severe hypothermia, Italy’s Alpine Rescue Corps said Friday. The two climbers, exhausted and suffering hypothermia,...
A search ended in heartbreak after a flash flood sent hikers scrambling
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A flash flood that transformed a series of idyllic, azure waterfalls into a monstrous brown froth was ferocious but not unusual for the summer rainy season on the Havasupai reservation, one of the most remote reaches of the continental U.S. that attracts visitors worldwide....
Nearly 50 years after being found dead in a Pennsylvania cave, 'Pinnacle Man' is identified
The body of a man found frozen in a small Pennsylvania cave nearly 50 years ago has finally been identified. The remains of Nicolas Paul Grubb, 27, of Fort Washington, were discovered in January 1977 by two hikers who had ducked inside the cave to escape some inclement weather. Grubb...
Hiker from North Carolina found dead near remote Colorado River trail in Grand Canyon
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — A solo backpacker has been found dead near a rugged and remote trail along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, authorities in Arizona said Thursday. The National Park Service said the 60-year-old North Carolina resident was...
Hiker left on Colorado mountain by coworkers stranded overnight in freezing rain, high winds
SALIDA, Colo. (AP) — A man left by his group of office coworkers to complete his final push to the summit of a Colorado mountain became disoriented and fell multiple times during a night on the mountain in freezing rain and high winds. Chaffee County Search and Rescue officials...
Sister says hiker still missing in Grand Canyon flash flood amid intense search
SUPAI, Ariz. (AP) — Search and rescue crews at Grand Canyon National Park were searching for an Arizona woman nearly two days after she was swept into a creek during a flash flood, the woman's sister said on social media Saturday. Chenoa Nickerson of Gilbert was hiking in Havasu...
