Four friends go on a fishing trip. They get stranded for several months before rescue. Two survive, and though they’re not particularly well-fed, when the body of one of the friends is recovered, it’s found cut into pieces, many of them are missing. From the article: “Evidently, investigators twice visited the site and removed human [ more... ]

Two days before a big race, the women’s pro cycling Team TIBCO had a lock cut off their trailer in Boise, Idaho and 13 bikes stolen. The very high-end, custom tailored bikes cost a staggering $100k. The thief, 19-year-old Michael Lawrence would have had a hard time selling the bikes and getting away with it [ more... ]

Seven wolves with ties to Yellowstone have been killed by hunters out of a population of 88 wolves in the park. The wolves were legally killed by hunters on lands abutting the park. The park knows they’ve lost at least seven wolves because all of them were collard. Conservationists are worried that hunters are targeting [ more... ]

A Portlander named Andrew Badenoch managed to raise about $10,500 for a 7,000-mile bike and packraft journey through the Arctic. He suffered the rain, hunger, and despondency of life on the road. And after 830 miles he holed up for a few weeks and decided to drop the whole thing. The problem is that he [ more... ]

A former park ranger, 73-year-old Eugene Palmer allegedly shot and killed his daughter in law before taking an hour to suit up and disappear into Harriman State Park, a large wilderness area in New York. Adept at living off the land in what rangers describe as a bountiful area, he’s since avoided teams and dogs [ more... ]

A man in Montana trying to create a Bigfoot stir wandered onto Highway 93 and was hit by a 15-year-old girl and then hit by another 17-year-old who ran over him. Authorities had not, until then, received any calls from motorists who thought they’d spotted Bigfoot, which may have had something to do with the [ more... ]

Do you have a friend who kind of looks like you and is in possession of an old California driver’s license? It’s good for a free season of skiing at Eagle Point next year. Thursdays will be free to all skiers and every day is free to CA residents. The resort’s been closed for 8 [ more... ]

An analysis of national park data from 1991 to 2011 has found that while more people than ever are visiting our parks they’re not staying as long. The 15% drop in time spent in parks is attributed to more people making day trips and not spending the night. Yosemite saw one of the biggest drops, [ more... ]

No, Alex Honnold and Hans Florine didn’t already re-break their new record by scooting up The Nose 10 minutes faster. The female speed record that was set back in September of 2011 has been broken by Quinn Brett and Jes Meiris who topped out back on June 11 in 10 hours and 19 minutes. The [ more... ]

A small town 45 minutes south of Seatle has lived with a bike helmet requirement law on the books for nearly 15 years. But with an uptick in crime in a downturn economy, the police haven’t had as much time to harass non-helmet wearers as they used to. And now the city’s lawyer has argued [ more... ]