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The hiker who blasted a charging grizzly in the Alaskan National Park will not get into any trouble. While it’s legal to carry guns in national parks, it’s illegal to shoot them. “He turned and drew a .45 caliber semi-automatic weapon from a holster on his waist belt. Within seconds, a large grizzly bear emerged [ more... ]

Turns out that fluorescent red stuff that planes drop on forest fires isn’t all-natural. A federal judge has ordered that the U.S. Forest Service complete an adequate environmental assessment of just how bad for the eco-system the toxic spray is. The USFS will continue using the fire retardant this summer, and will have to complete [ more... ]

The Foreign Policy blog offers you Good Times in Really Bad Places. Just make sure you stay on the Iraqi side of the desert hike if you go near the Iran border – it’s no good being accused of spying and confined to lengthy imprisonment for no good reason. Thanks Jeff

Forget for a moment that the massive whitewater park in Charlotte, North Carolina – one of the largest parks around and an Olympic training ground – is on the verge of bankruptcy. Instead, turn your mind to the straight economics pitched by whitewater dreamers across the U.S. There are 86,000 dams in America, and their [ more... ]

One camper is dead and two injured after at least one bear rampaged through a campground near Yellowstone National Park. The animal or animals crushed tents, killing one male and injuring two others. Authorities put the campers in their cars by 6am and closed the Soda Butte campground in case the bear returns. The attacks [ more... ]

A California teacher bought a box of glass negatives and stored them under his pool table for a decade. He joked to friends that they were shot by Ansel Adams since they were Yosemite images, and eventually his joking culminated in an investigation that verified their authenticity and valued them at $200 million. The photos [ more... ]

Jack Hanna, the guy who used to hangout with Johnny Carson and Dave Letterman, recently filmed a PSA urging hikers to carry pepper spray instead of guns into national parks to deal with charging grizzlies. Yesterday he was able to offer some firsthand notes along with his PSA. The guy was hiking with his family [ more... ]

Alex Honnold filed a blog post for Black Diamond on how one goes about climbing the Nose, the Salathe Wall and Lurking Fear in one day. The post is worth reading, even if you have no intentions of ever dragging yourself up a big wall. He describes it like a 24-hour marathon, complete with mind-bending [ more... ]

It’s not exactly the ‘Where are they now’ VH1 special about The Folksmen, but it’s an interesting read. Ever wonder what pro winter sport athletes do when they’re not soaring over terrain parks or getting towed into secret backcountry pow runs? Andy Anderson filed a story for Backcountry.com on just what the hell all their [ more... ]