--There was another shooting incident in the Pacific Northwest wilderness this week. A 30 year-old Tacoma man was shot in the Gifford-Pinchot National Forest. It is currently unclear whether this incident was an accident or a crime. To read more, click here. To read what the outdoor adventure community thinks about this latest incident, click here.
--A road crew in British Columbia revived an injured mountain goat with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Right now you're probably wondering if you read that right. But it's true, after being forced to tranquilize a stuck goat in order to get him unstuck, workers noticed that the animal was only taking one-breath every thirty seconds. Once they realized this, they began to administer CPR. To read more, click here.
Canada:
A climber overlooks "The Hounds Tooth" and "Marmolata"from a glacial tarn in the Bugaboos.
Photo by Matt Anderson
--The Wall Street Journal published an article yesterday about one woman's progression from gym rat to alpinist. The article's author brought her step-by-step from the confines of the gym to the real world. Her final exam was a trip to the Bugaboos. To read more, click here.
--In a related story, Senior Park Ranger of Bugaboo Provincial Park, Tay Hanson, is currently considering two proposals that will prove to be quite controversial. First, he is reviewing the possibility of capping access to the park at sixty people per day. And second he is actively considering the construction of a via ferrata for the Bugaboo–Snowpatch col route. To read more, click here.
Sierra:
--Yosemite Search and Rescue Ranger John Dill, 70, was honored last week for his service. Dill has been a ranger specializing in rescue for over 38 years and has been a major force in the development of modern search and rescue techniques. After years of service and literally hundreds of lives saved, the National Park Service and the Interior Department gave Dill an award for "superior service." The honor, essentially a lifetime achievement award, was bestowed at a catered dinner during a ranger reunion in Yosemite Valley. To read more, click here. To read some commentary on the man and his life, click here.
--Human bones found a half a mile from Steve Fossett's crash site have led to the speculation that the adventure aviator may have survived the crash. In early October search crews found four bone fragments after Fossett’s ID and a sweat shirt were found along with his wrecked airplane. To read more, click here.
Notes from All Over:
Dogonomba (19,550')Photo by Andy Bourne
--The American Alpine Institute participated in the Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education's international conference in San Diego from October 30th to November 1st. AAI has long valued this organization and its dedication to future outdoor leaders. As such, we awarded attendees four $500 scholarships and one $1000 scholarship. We look forward to seeing these outdoor leaders on future trips and expeditions.
--Tweny-Eight year-old Justin Almers took a major fall at Table Rock Mountain in North Carolina. Almers was approximately half-way up a route in the Ampetheatre area when something went terribly wrong and he took a sixty to one-hundred foot fall. Almers, however, did not hit the ground and was left dangling from his rope as rescuers scrambled to reach him. To read more and to watch a video about this accident, click here.
--Nine year-old Jordon Romero is on track to be the youngest person ever to climb the seven summits. He has already completed Denali, Aconcagua, Mount Elbrus, Mount Kosciuszko, and Kilimanjaro. To read more, click here.
--New England hiker Tony Federer recently completed a 50-year+ quest to hike every single mile of every single trail in the Appalachian Mountain Club’s White Mountains Guide, joining an elite club of only three individuals to complete this daunting task. Federer began his quest in the late 1940s and completed the final section this summer. The 600-page hiking guide Federer used lists more than 1,400 miles of trails in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. To read more, click here.
