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“BIG COTTONWOOD CANYON — It was a tragic ending Monday in the search for a 19-year-old Herriman girl. The body of Christina Traylor was found off the Moss Ledge trail, between Solitude and the S-curve in Big Cottonwood Canyon. Searchers estimated she fell 80 to 100 feet off a ledge to the rocks below, killing… Read More
In an unexpected turn of events (especially for this blog,) we are reporting on the story of a man who saved a 375-pound bear from drowning. Local 6 Orlando News has the scoop.
From the Associated Press courtesy of The San Francisco Chronicle: “A 14-year-old girl riding in a mountain bike race was attacked in the dark of night by a bear Sunday and severely injured, but she was able to make a brief 911 call that eventually resulted in her rescue. The girl suffered head, neck, torso… Read More
The Colorado Springs Gazette: “A Divide woman fell to her death Saturday morning while nearing the summit of the 14,197-foot Crestone Needle, located in the heart of the Sangre de Cristo range in south-central Colorado.”
A clever woman assisted in her own rescue by using her sports bra as a kind of signal flag. Read the CityNews account.
Salvador Frias, age 41, and Patricia Giamoni, 37, return safely after wandering Shasta for a couple of days. Coverage at the Mount Shasta Area Newspapers.
In a tragic turn of events, a black bear has taken the life of young Samuel Evan Ives, 11 years old, while camping with his family. For the full story, continue on to the Deseret News.
The Los Angeles Times reports that foul play has been eliminated from the cause of death in two hikers. “Two elderly hikers found dead last week in a remote Sierra Nevada wilderness both died of natural causes, one from a heart attack and the other of injuries and exposure to freezing temperatures, an El Dorado… Read More
The Guardian is running a piece on a couple of tourists who landed on a piece of property that apparently belonged to some local komodo dragons. Moral of the story – stay away from the komodo dragons.
The San Jose Mercury News reports: “Robert Blight, 42, who lived in the Santa Cruz Mountains, was with his lifelong pal, Dino Fry, 41, of Hayward on a weeklong trip traversing the treacherous Rogue River in Southern Oregon. On June 1, during a lunch break on the south side of the river, their raft was… Read More
A Goleta man died from apparent heat exhaustion or heat-related illness. The full story is at the Independent.
The Fear Beneath has some excellent coverage of shark attacks and shark sightings in Northern Santa Barbara County.
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