On Wednesday, August 4, 1999, Raffi Kodikian and David Coughlin, two best friends in their mid-20s, pulled into Carlsbad Caverns National Park. The plan: Hike into Rattlesnake Canyon, enjoy the evening, and head out the following day. Trouble started when the two Easterners got turned around in the craggy, sun-bleached New Mexico desert. With only [...]
In The Media
Americans to Brace for Itchiest Summer in Years
ItchAlert.com Reveals Top 10 “Itchiest” U.S. Cities, Localized Itch Scores and Tips for Weathering the Great Outdoors
Skillman, NJ (May 27, 2005) – As summer begins, new research conducted by SDI/WeatherTrends, a leader in the long-range weather forecasting industry, and sponsored by CORTAID® Brand, a leader in anti-itch treatment, suggests that a confluence of weather conditions [...]
Surviving Cold
Greg Davenport, a survival expert who will be speaking at the International Sportsmen’s Exposition running Thursday through next Sunday at the San Mateo County Event Center in California (ISE San Mateo), offers tips that are useful for any outdoorsperson, in virtually any climate. His three critical rules: 1. Stop and Stay Put, 2. Identify Your [...]
Mulie Tactics For A Rainy Day
By knowing how downpours affect mule deer behavior and how to change your hunting strategies accordingly, you’ll be better prepared the next time you’re caught out in the rain.
By Christopher Cogley, Game & Fish Magazine
Like an ominous sign drifting across the sky, the dark clouds started building the night before opening day. It would have [...]
Searchers Find Body In Ice Cave
Still hope for two lost climbers, rescuers spend night on Mount Hood
By JOSH SILVERMAN in Hood River, Ore., & ERIC LENKOWITZ in N.Y.
December 18, 2006 — One of the three climbers – including a Brooklyn lawyer – missing on Oregon’s Mount Hood for more than a week was found dead yesterday in an ice cave [...]
Massive Avalanche West of Denver Buries Cars
Courtesy of the Fox News Channel
Just west of Denver, in the 1100 foot Berthoud Pass, a massive avalanche has buried several cars and pushed others over the edge on US Highway 40.
According to the Spencer Logan Avalanche Info Center, 6 people have been rescued and one of them has been hospitalized. The Colorado State Patrol [...]
Autistic teen still missing in W.Va.
Family, rescuers worry that 3 days have now gone by
By Anya Sostek, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
LANEVILLE, W.Va. — Hundreds of people searching for an autistic teenager lost in the woods of West Virginia tried to keep their spirits up yesterday as a third full day passed with little sign of 18-year-old Jacob Allen.
Mr. Allen, of Morgantown, wandered [...]
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