On Wednesday afternoon a climbing ranger had to be rescued on Mount Rainier. After climbing to the summit, the ranger was in the process of skiing down to Camp Sherman when he fell approximately forty feet into a crevasse. The ranger, identified as 27-year-old Sam Wick was skiing with another ranger, Cooper Self. Self witnessed…
Monthly Archives: July 2009
104 Chinese Hikers Found
A group of 104 hikers were rescued early Monday morning after getting lost on Sunday in the Huiyang Lovers’ Valley and Pingshan Moutain in China. The large group, known as the ‘wind runners,’ was brought together via an internet forum. They set off on Sunday morning, but in a serious case of herd mentality, the…
Ed Viesturs on Colbert Report
Tomorrow evening, July 2nd, mountaineer Ed Viesturs will be the guest on Stephen Colbert’s show, the Colbert Report. The show airs at 11:30pm EDT on Comedy Central. Check your local listings for exact time and channel. For those without cable television, the show will be made available the following day on Hulu. As I am…