Climbing guide Neal Beidleman who survived the 1996 disaster on Everest though he lost his climbing partner and several friends returned to the mountain this year. In 1996 he was caught high on the mountain beyond any hope of rescue, but he managed to get himself down and helped anyone he could on the way. [ more... ]

A 63-year-old hiker set out on a Palm Springs trail with two liters of water early in the morning. By afternoon he made it up to about 6,000ft before feeling too fatigued to continue, and then he ran out of water when he was back down around $2,500ft. Fortunately, he stumbled on a ‘rescue box’ [ more... ]

Red Bull used a bit of change from their sugar-water empire to slice up the super pipe at Squaw and set skier Simon Dumont loose on it. Freeskier has a video that shows what kind of hardware was used to cut up a halfpipe in the snow. At the end it looks like something out [ more... ]

I hope you have the day off. Especially if you’re a guy named Bryan from Bike Werx, a mail order cycling company. The poor guy penned this quick email to Stevil of All Hail the Black Market asking if his company could write a post for his blog. Hilarity and a few nasty emails ensued. [ more... ]

Rivers in the American West are CRANKING. This is the Milner Mile on the Snake River in Idaho. It’s churning kayakers all over the place. Expect to see more of this kind of nonsense as the weather warms.

Now that everyone skis with cameras mounted to the top for their heads ski resorts are getting a lot more eyeballs on YouTube. A marketer pulled together the total views and ranked resorts by how often they’re seen on YouTube. I have no idea where he came up with the numbers. Based on his calculations, [ more... ]

On one had I have to respect Clif for making wine. If I made a ton of money and wasn’t sure what to do next, I’d love to open a winery. You hang out in the vineyard and get to drink all morning but people still think you’re sophisticated. But I can’t help feeling bad [ more... ]

How do you know it’s been a record snowfall year? When the US Forest Service has to reopen an avalanche center for Memorial Day weekend. Snow is still packed over 13 feet deep in some parts of the Tetons, and the danger of avalanches is high – even in places that haven’t seen an avalanche [ more... ]

The California legislature is at it again. The Supreme Court orders them to empty prisons and instead they look to close parks. Maybe they could just release the prisoners into their state parks and solve both problems. That would make the people at Castle Rock State Park happy, as long as the Bay area got [ more... ]

In spite of record breaking snowfall that the National Park Service believes will result in a high-water for the renowned rapids of Cataract Canyon on the Colorado River, the NPS will not have a rescue camp there this year. For years they’ve maintained a base camp where they could offer motorized-assist rescue, but this year [ more... ]