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    NY hiker clung to tree above Adirondack cliff after sliding hundreds of feet

    https://www.foxnews.com/us/ny-hiker-clung-tree-adirondack-cliff-sliding-hundreds-feet-thought-she-was-going-die Can happen to the best of us.
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    Lost Hiker Found on Bear Cam

    https://www.foxnews.com/us/lost-alaska-hiker-rescued-viewers-spot-him-bear-cam-asking-help?dicbo=v2-Uin9lTt "A stranded Alaska hiker was rescued last week after a handful of viewers spotted him on a livestream camera ahead of the anticipated "Fat Bear Week." Around 4 p.m. last Tuesday, a...
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    Franconia Falls Drowning

    https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2023/08/16/mass-mother-drowns-new-hampshire-waterfall-father-rescues-another-son-trapped-boulders/?p1=hp_featurestack Can definitely see it happen.
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    Missing AT Hiker Found

    https://www.foxnews.com/us/nc-hiker-found-alive-days-going-missing-appalachian-trail-connecticut A 60-year-old hiker from North Carolina was found alive days after she disappeared along the Appalachian Trail in Connecticut, officials said Friday. Marta Renee Bowen was located several miles...
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    Man Calls For Rescue Twice in Two Days

    https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-york-city-man-rescued-arizona-hiking "A New York City man needed to be rescued twice on consecutive days while hiking in a northern Arizona mountain range, authorities said."
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    Missing Hiker Ignoring Calls...

    https://www.boston.com/news/national-news/2021/10/26/missing-hiker-ignores-rescue-call-unknown-number/?p1=hp_featurestack "If you're overdue according to your itinerary, and you start getting repeated calls from an unknown number, please answer the phone." I mean, I get it. If I happen to be...
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    Rescue During Lockdown

    https://www.foxnews.com/great-outdoors/hikers-stuck-breaking-coronavirus-protocols-penalized-rescuers "If you’re going to break the rules, don’t get stuck. Two hikers reportedly learned this lesson the hard way when they violated COVID-19 regulations only to get stuck and require help. While...
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    Hikers Find Missing Wedding Ring

    https://www.wmur.com/article/group-of-hikers-uses-metal-detector-to-find-mans-missing-wedding-ring-on-new-hampshire-mountain/30004360
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    Fourteen Highest Peaks in 189 Days!

    https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/27955904/nepalese-man-shatters-record-scaling-world-highest-peaks This made my jaw drop: In Nepal, he also climbed Mount Dhaulagiri on May 12, Mount Kanchenjunga on May 15, Mount Everest on May 22, Mount Lhotse on May 22, Mount Makalu on May 24
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    Australian Hiker Says He Crawled ‘Inch-by-Inch’ to Survive....

    https://www.foxnews.com/world/australian-hiker-survives-after-fall Lower leg snapped in half. Ouch! Seen it done on the soccer pitch a few times, can't imagine the pain he was in.
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    Banff Wolf Attack

    https://www.boston.com/news/animals/2019/08/14/banff-wolf-attack Pretty harrowing story.
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    Empress Snowfield

    Does anyone know where this is? https://unofficialnetworks.com/2018/04/26/video-skiing-the-empress-snowfield-in-new-hampshires-white-mountains/
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    Kanc Trail Break-Ins

    http://www.unionleader.com/article/20171116/NEWS03/171119532 A Franklin man who authorities say broke into and stole money from vehicles parked at trailheads along the Kancamagus Highway will be arraigned Thursday on two felony counts of theft.
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    New Rescue Reason...

    http://www.foxnews.com/great-outdoors/2017/09/29/stoned-climbers-were-so-high-had-to-be-rescued-off-mountian.html?intcmp=ob_article_footer_text&intcmp=obnetwork A group of climbers had to be rescued from the top of England’s highest mountain after they celebrated conquering the peak a bit too...
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    15-Month Old Out to Set the AT Record

    https://ellieontheat.com/
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    Hillary Step Collapses

    http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/05/22/mount-everests-hillary-step-collapses-mountaineers-confirm.html Phew, now maybe I'll give it a go...
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    Black Mountain/Jackson Ski Touring

    Anyone ever ski from Black Mountain into Jackson via the Trails the JST has? I'll be skiing at Black Mountain in a few weekends and was exploring the idea of taking a couple of the trails back to town, as I'll be in my backcountry gear. Looking if it's mostly-all downhill as it appears, and if...
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    Two Stories of Survival in UL 10/2/2016

    http://www.unionleader.com/history/stranded-on-mount-washington-in-a-1915-hurricane--20161002 vs. http://www.unionleader.com/article/20161002/NEWS07/161009878
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    Hikers who didn't want to wait for rescue may be fined

    http://www.newhampshire.com/Outdoors/Hikers-who-didnt-want-to-wait-for-rescue-may-be-fined-08312016 This one will be interesting
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    Mount Waternomee Wasps

    http://www.wmur.com/news/officials-warn-of-aggressive-wasps-at-popular-hiking-destination/41223458
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