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October 2, 2023
SEC Charges Newell Brands, Former CEO with Misleading Investors
Newell Brands has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $12.5 million to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission after the SEC charged the company and former CEO Michael Polk with misleading investors about sales performance. The Daily Outdoor Retail
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October 2, 2023
Grizzly Kills Couple, Dog in Banff National Park
A grizzly has killed a husband and wife in a remote corner of Canada’s Banff National Park. The two were experienced backpackers, a family friend told the media. The couple’s dog also died in the attack. The incident occurred Friday evening around 8 p.m. in the Red Deer River Valley....
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September 23, 2023
RV owners look for their property at Camping World fire scene
People from around the region are trying to sort out what happened to their RV and campers turned in for service at Camping World in East Ridge. Owners of campers and RVs who had dropped them by Campers World for service started showing up as the night wore on to...
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September 21, 2023
Gym and Auto Belay Manufacturer to Pay $6M in Settlement for Auto Belay Accident
Seattle’s Vertical World and Colorado-based manufacturer C3 have settled in a lawsuit following a severe climbing accident that occurred on August 1, 2019. The climber, Michael Vandivere, sustained a 30-foot fall and subsequently suffered a number of severe injuries, including 12 pelvic fractures, a traumatic brain injury, lung injuries, bladder...
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September 13, 2023
Grand Canyon hiker dies attempting to trek from south rim to north rim in single day
A Grand Canyon hiker has died while attempting to hike rim-to-rim in a single day at the national park. The 55-year-old Virginia man was unable to be resuscitated on the trail. abc news
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August 21, 2023
How This 52-Year-Old Crushed His First Ultra, One of the Hardest Races in the World
Ken Rideout had never slept in a tent, run with a backpack, or been in a race longer than 26.2 miles — but when the 52-year-old heard about the grueling Gobi March ultramarathon, something told him he could win it. Gear Junkie
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July 25, 2023
Three people found dead at Colorado campsite were sisters, 14-year-old boy who planned to “live off the grid”
Two sisters and a 14-year-old boy were identified as the three campers whose bodies were found badly decomposed at a remote campsite in Gunnison County. Christine Vance, 41, Rebecca Vance, 42, and Rebecca’s son were all Colorado Springs residents, Gunnison County Coroner Michael Barnes told The Colorado Sun on Tuesday....
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July 20, 2023
Man dies in Death Valley as temperatures hit 121 degrees
A tourist died while visiting Death Valley on Tuesday afternoon, and his death may have been related to heat, the National Park Service said, as temperatures that afternoon were 121 degrees Fahrenheit. The 71-year-old man was from the Los Angeles area. He collapsed outside the restroom at Golden Canyon, a...
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July 13, 2023
Hikers Urged to Stay Off Appalachian and Long Trails Following Vermont Floods
From Sunday through Monday, a rainstorm dropped more than 8 inches of precipitation on parts of the state, swelling waterways, flooding streets, and inundating some of the state's best-loved trail mileage. The storms, which killed one person in Barre City, caused an estimated $3 to $5 billion in damage according...
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July 12, 2023
Free-solo climber dies after falling hundreds of feet from ridge in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park
A 26-year-old woman from Boulder, Colorado, died after falling approximately 500 feet while free-solo climbing a ridge in the state’s Rocky Mountain National Park on Sunday, the park said. The unidentified woman’s 27-year-old climbing partner called park rangers to report his partner had fallen from Blitzen Ridge on Ypsilon Mountain,...
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June 30, 2023
‘We can’t find anything’: Colo. officials end search, but family’s hunt for missing trail runner goes on
Ian O'Brien ran up a 13,000-foot Colorado mountain, snapped a selfie for his girlfriend and disappeared without a trace, sparking a frantic search effort by his loved ones that continues. O’Brien’s last known location was at the summit of Hesperus Mountain, a 13,200-foot peak nestled in the La Plata Mountains....
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June 27, 2023
Chicago billionaire dies in crash on Colorado race track on 70th birthday
James Crown, a 70-year-old businessman from the billionaire Crown family, died in a driving accident on his birthday, according to authorities. Mr Crown, whose family owns the Aspen Skiing Company, was driving at the Aspen Motorsports Park in Woody Creek, Colorado, when he collided with an impact barrier, according to...
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June 8, 2023
Vail Resorts Found Responsible for Accidental Death of Park City Ski Patroller
A new report has been released following the untimely death of a ski patroller at a Park City Mountain resort earlier this year, finding Vail Resorts ultimately responsible. The report conducted by Utah Occupational Safety and Health (UOSH) and obtained by Ski states that the accident occurred on Jan. 2,...
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June 2, 2023
Viral Footage of Everest Base Camp Looks Like a Genuine Garbage Dump
Efforts to keep the trails clean are largely made in vain, from expecting the common courtesy of people packing up their own trash to attempts to enact official policies and even organized clean ups. The Inertia
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May 26, 2023
Hiker Dies in Grand Canyon Trekking From Rim to Colorado River and Back in a Day
On May 14 around 9 p.m., officials at Grand Canyon National Park received a report of an unresponsive hiker on the Bright Angel Trail. National Park Service (NPS) personnel responded to the location above the Three-Mile Resthouse, but attempts to resuscitate the hiker failed. On Wednesday, the park identified the...
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May 24, 2023
First double amputee to climb Mount Everest
Hari Budha Magar has become the first double above-the-knee amputee to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the world’s tallest mountain at 29,032 feet. USA Today
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May 15, 2023
There’s a Report of Stolen Climbing Gear on Mount Everest
On Thursday, May 12, New Zealand climber Guy Cotter of expedition company Adventure Consultants wrote on Facebook that valuable climbing gear belonging to him had gone missing at Camp IV, which is located at approximately 26,000 feet on the South Col of Mount Everest. According to Cotter's post, a cache...
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May 2, 2023
American Doctor Dies on Everest
Mount Everest has claimed its fourth life of the 2023 climbing season. Jonathan Reuel Sugarman, a retired doctor who had practiced in the Seattle area, perished on May 1 at Camp Two, Everest expert Alan Arnette reported in his blog. Sugarman, 69, was climbing as part of a guided group...
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April 27, 2023
Columbia Sportswear Sues Two Former Execs For Trade Secrets Theft
The lawsuit, brought by Stoll Stoll Berne Lokting & Shlachter, contends that William Ferreira, Columbia’s former director of global merchandising for Columbia’s PFG-PHG, youth, accessories, headwear, and equipment categories, and Dean Rurak, who served as SVP and chief product officer for Columbia Sportswear, misappropriated confidential documents. Ferreira joined Columbia in...
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April 27, 2023
Parts of Yosemite Will Close (Again) As a Result of Winter’s Record Snowfall
California’s relentless winter storms made countless headlines this past season,including a temporary closure of Yosemite National Park that extended through the final week of February and into March. At one point the area saw a record-setting 40 inches of snow fall in a single day, forcing an extension of the...
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April 23, 2023
Indian climber rescued from depths of Annapurna crevasse in Nepal
Rescuers hauled an Indian mountaineer up 200 metres (656 feet) from the depths of a crevasse three days after he plunged into it on Mount Annapurna in west Nepal, hiking officials said on Thursday, in a rare example of a successful high-altitude rescue operation. The climber, 34-year-old Anurag Maloo, was...
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April 19, 2023
Get Paid to Travel or Move to One of These Beautiful Locations
Early on after the pandemic, some destinations offered unusual incentives to jump-start tourism. In the summer of 2020, you could score free plane tickets to Las Vegas or gratis hotel stays in Cancun. Uzbekistan simply offered cash: $3,000 for any tourists who got COVID during their stay. These destinations are...
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April 12, 2023
Three Climbers Are Missing on Mount Everest After a Massive Avalanche
According to reports in The Himalayan Times and website Everest Chronicle, three Sherpa climbers who were navigating the treacherous Khumbu Icefall were buried by an avalanche on Wednesday morning. The slide was triggered when a massive ice serac located on the ridg above the glacier collapsed--falling debris tumbled down and...
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March 30, 2023
Arches National Park implements timed entry system for visitors
Starting Saturday, April 1, 2023, Arches National Park will implement a pilot, temporary, timed entry system to access the park. From April 1 to October 31, 2023, between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily, visitors will need to purchase a timed entry reservation in advance to enter the park. RV...
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March 17, 2023
Yosemite Will Finally Reopen Weeks After Being Buried In 15 Feet of Snow
Yosemite National Park was closed to the public on February 25 when snowstorms blanketed California mountain regions. Officials had originally planned to open the park on Thursday, March 2, but a record-setting 40 inches of snow in a single day just prior forced an extension on the closure with no...
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