Boston.com reports a lightning strike killed 24-year-old Evans Huber of Peak’s Island at the Katahdin Stream campground on August 26 and hurt his brother 18-year-old Emmett Huber.
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News reports indicate that 28-year-old Justin Eggleston was struck in the head by lightning about 2:40 p.m., Sunday, Aug 15 while coming off Mount Elbert.
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Oregon searchers try again to find climbers’ bodies on Mount Hood Houston Chronicle, United States – Jul 10, 2007 Seven months after three climbers died during a storm on Oregon’s Mount Hood, rescue workers are making plans to search for the bodies of two of them.
Hiker Airlifted off Mount Hood After Boulder Pins Her Foot FOX News – 6 hours ago After nearly five hours on Mount Hood, Emily Vansteenwyk’s companions tried again to use a log and a rock to nudge the boulder off her foot. …
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Officials are investigating a fatality on the Headwall of McKinley’s West Buttress.
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Two were injured in a 500 foot fall on Mount Hood into Devil’s Kitchen involving three parties.
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Man falls to death on Mt. Gilpin
Durango Herald – Durango,CO,USA
A Fort Collins man spending Father’s Day climbing Mt. … David Lauer, 64, was climbing the 13,694-foot peak with Anna Milburn-Lauer. …
Marine dies in fall at park
Elmira Star-Gazette – Elmira,NY,USA
By BROOKE J. SHERMAN. WELLSBORO – A member of the Parris Island Marine Band died Sunday in Leonard Harrison State Park in a hiking accident. …
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Three were hurt in a 500 foot Mount Hood fall.
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A woman was found at the base of a waterfall on the southwest slope of Rainier.
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Backcontry Accidents: Fatalitie in Four Peaks Wilderness in Arizona and Franklin Mountains of Texas.
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Backcountry accident reports: Big Bradley Falls and South Sister, Oregon.
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Highlights thus far in the Everest 2006 season: the climb by a Playboy bunny, a double amputee, the oldest summiter (70), and the 16th climb by a sherpa.
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Here is the May 13 round up of backcountry accidents in South Africa, Mount Lhotse, Everest, Russia
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Here’s the May 13, 2006 round up of backcountry accidents Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Missouri, Oregon, and Utah.
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