A Nevada pastor has asked his followers to pray for the capture of a bear that broke into their church. The animal smashed through a church door and ate 22 jars of peanut butter, some corn flakes, and other food that was heading to needy families. This is the same 700lb black bear that’s torn [ more... ]

I’ve never skied outside of the U.S., unless you count Canada as ‘outside of the U.S.’ Mongolia opened their first ski resort this month, and South Korea opened their seventh. South Korea is roughly the size of Minnesota, which is home to about 21 ski hills. South Korea is opening Alpensiato sweeten their bid to [ more... ]

The American Alpine Institute pointed me towards this British video of people trying to get used to taking falls while lead climbing. They point out that learning to take these falls in a controlled environment is easy and helps prepare people for pitching off leads more safely in the outdoors. Their clip-drop teaching technique is basically just falling after you clip and then climb up a few feet. It’s very simple. So simple, that you’re better off turning off the sound on the above Vimeo video and playing the music from the YouTube clip below.

Stein Eriksen is interviewed in today’s Salt Lake Tribune, and we learn that the octogenarian ski racer has finally taken steps to protect his lustrous hair with a helmet. The change came at the urging of his wife after a kid shot out of the woods and broke Stein’s wrist and collarbone a couple years [ more... ]

Last week Utah was lit up when something screamed overhead at 80,000 mph. No one reported a nuclear strike or alien landing, so we’re assuming it was a meteor. Clark Planetarium Director Seth Jarvis said the stony meteorite was probably traveling 80,000 miles an hour when it hit our atmosphere. He said it happened 100 [ more... ]

I never took the Australians seriously when they said, “A Dingo ate my baby,” but man, animals down there are harsh. A man found a kangaroo was trying to drown his dog (named Rocky) after it had chased the kangaroo onto his property. He waded into the water to try to get the unspeakably huge [ more... ]

I haven’t seen any trampling incidents in the news yet, and since it’s past 5am everywhere in the continental U.S. I think we’ve all survived. I’m sure there were one or two heart attacks when people saw that they could get a PS3 at such a great price, but other than that we should be [ more... ]

First they go after the guy with the camera and then they steal the kids bikes. Just one more reason to really dig into turkey today.

Three months ago David Gimelfarb disappeared into the Costa Rican rainforest. He joins another U.S. ex-pat, an Australian backpacker, and a British journalist among those who have gone missing in the Guanacaste region of Costa Rica. When I glanced at this NBC headline, I initially dismissed it as conspiracy theorists looking for connections where they [ more... ]

Utah’s Solitude Ski Resort in Big Cottonwood Canyon seeks to impinge on the solitude of backcountry users by expanding beyond their current boundaries and adding lift service to Silver Fork Canyon. The 695-acre parcel would turn some of the most popular backcountry powder terrain in the world into lift service. Might be nice if Solitude [ more... ]