A Nevada couple letting their SUV’s navigation system guide them through the high desert of Eastern Oregon got stuck in snow for three days when the GPS unit sent them down a remote forest road.
Hiker killed in fall
June 30, 2008 Leave a Comment
“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 her [...]
Unusual Rescue
June 30, 2008 Leave a Comment
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.
Resourceful Hiker Signals With Bra
June 25, 2008 Leave a Comment
A clever woman assisted in her own rescue by using her sports bra as a kind of signal flag.
Read the CityNews account.