Archive for the 'Canada' Category
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
The governors of Maine and New Brunswick, Canada, have agreed to climb each other’s highpoints in 2008 according to Mainteoday.
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Saturday, May 20th, 2006
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Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006
Charlie Borgh, a former climbing ranger at Mount Rainier, died in an avalanche in the Canadian Rockies.
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Tuesday, April 25th, 2006
International backcountry accident wrap up:
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Thursday, February 16th, 2006
Backcountry accident reports on the wires on February 16, 2006.
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Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
Backcountry accident reports through February 14, 2006.
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Wednesday, December 28th, 2005
Much of Brokeback Mountain is set in Riverton, Wyoming, gateway to the Wind River Range and Gannett Peak.
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Monday, November 7th, 2005
Sur le fil des 4000 (France), directed by Gilles Chappez, follows climbers Patrick Berhault and Philippe Magnin as they attempt to climb all 82 summits in the Alps topping 4000 metres won the top award at the Banff Festival.
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Friday, September 9th, 2005
The Globe and Mail reports a grizzly with a sow attacked hikers on a trail in Banff.
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Friday, August 12th, 2005
Sootoday reports Victor Rossokhaty was killed by a lightning strike on their tent at Topaz Lake on the La Cloche Silhouette Trail in the Killarney Provincial Park in Canada.
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Thursday, August 4th, 2005
Banffcragcanyon reports two Europeans were killed in an avalanche on Mount Robson, the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies.
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Tuesday, July 12th, 2005
Official at Spray Lakes Provincial Park are trying to figure out why an off trail couple died while hiking Old Goat Glacier.
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Monday, July 4th, 2005
CTV reports Gregg Belliveau fell nearly 400 feet while hiking Mount Smuts in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park in Alberta.
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Friday, June 24th, 2005
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have put up a coloring book urging children to hug a tree to survive — in other words stay in one place until rescuers come.
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Wednesday, June 15th, 2005
CBC reports Geronimo Dagang fell 1,000 feet from a rock face in Alberta’s Jasper National Park Endless Chain Ridge.
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