Industry Buzz
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September 26, 2022
Renowned Mountaineer Hilaree Nelson’s Body Found on Manaslu
Renowned big-mountain skier Hilaree Nelson has gone missing on 26,781-foot Manaslu while attempting to descend the peak on skis on Monday. According to multiple reports, Nelson, 49, crashed just below the summit. Outside
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September 25, 2022
Fistfights, ‘campsite pirates’: Anger boils at crowded Oregon campsites
Sunnyside County Park located east of Sweet Home in the Cascade Foothills, is a 160-site campground which features fishing ponds, horseshoe pits and access to the sparkling water of Foster Reservoir. But this summer Sunnyside was not such a tranquil place as the demand for campsites overtook campground capacity. Tensions...
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September 21, 2022
Why Does the Catholic Church Oppose Utah’s Little Cottonwood Canyon Gondola?
The Diocese took the stance that the gondola benefits a relative few who already have the means to ski, and that taxpayer money should be used to improve the lives of the state’s most vulnerable, to bolster things like low-income housing, food insecurity, and other quality-of-life issues. In short, private...
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September 6, 2022
The amazing growth of Solo Women Campers
The number of solo women campers is on the rise, across all ages and in motorhomes, trailers, fifth wheels, and even truck campers. RV Lifestyle
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August 31, 2022
Climber Charles Barrett Arrested for Sexual Assault in Yosemite
California rock climber and guidebook author Charles Barrett has been arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault and one count of abusive sexual contact. An indictment unsealed Tuesday afternoon and filed by U.S. Attorney Philip A. Talbert, alleges that on two separate occasions in August 2016, Barrett raped an individual...
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August 30, 2022
Cell Service in the Wilderness: It’s Coming Soon
The billionaire founder of SpaceX Elon Musk announced a new partnership with T-Mobile this week that will leverage the power of his Starlink satellites. Together, the two companies will offer a cell service plan that seeks to reach the most remote corners of the United States. Explorer's Web
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August 29, 2022
Look at All This Garbage on K2
A few days ago Nirmal Purja’s Nimsdai Foundation posted a video of the colorful carnage at camp two (21,980’). The camera pans across the steep snow slope to reveal dozens of flattened and shredded tents, ropes, pickets, and oxygen canisters. Among the refuse left behind is human waste, which doesn’t decompose at altitude and...
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August 26, 2022
Biden Restored National Monuments Reduced by Trump. Now Utah Is Suing to Shrink Them Again.
The state of Utah and two of its counties filed a lawsuit seeking to block President Biden’s restoration of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, five years after former President Trump drastically reduced the size of each monument in 2017. In a joint statement, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, and Utah’s...
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August 25, 2022
This Rare Drone Footage of Everest Is Stunning
A crew of Chinese mountaineers and photographers flew an aerial drone from the top of Mount Everest, and the video captured by the device provides a totally new perspective of the world’s highest peak. Outside Online
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August 24, 2022
Mountain bike rider Rab Wardell dies aged 37, days after winning Scottish title
Scottish Cycling confirmed on Tuesday evening that 37 year old Wardell died in his sleep of a cardiac arrest. Wardell won the elite men’s title at Kirroughtree Forest in Dumfries & Galloway on Sunday, overcoming several punctures to win on the final lap. His victory was described as a “show of...
