

Owen Clarke
聽is a freelance outdoor sports writer. He often writes about climbing, but his work also covers motorcycles, long-distance trekking, and environmental conservation. He also authors the dark fantasy series聽 and is the founder of the collaborative writing workshop聽.
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Laura Dahlmeier, 31, was a world champion biathlete. She died after being struck by rockfall on Laila Peak at 20,000 feet.
On October 26, 60 participants will run laps in a Swedish zinc mine in complete silence, 4,300 feet below Earth's surface
The proposal would allow for the killing of nearly 200 black bears over a three-week period in December
The waters of Lonesome Lake, an alpine lake in the Wind River range, exceed the EPA鈥檚 safety threshold for fecal contamination by a staggering 384 times
Located in the Yellowstone鈥檚 Porcelain Basin, the new thermal feature is believed to have appeared on Christmas Day
A 31-year-old hiker in Washington State is lucky to be alive after suffering serious injuries in a fall. His screams for help led to a rescue.
The effigy was emblazoned with the words 鈥淢ake America Wait Again,鈥 and it toured the park on Saturday, July 12
Officials in Arizona and Colorado have closed huge swaths of parkland to visitors after lightning-sparked blazes destroyed thousands of acres and hundreds of structures
More than 300 tremors were recorded below Mount Rainier over the course of three days. Scientists say they were too weak for humans to feel.
Everyone survived, but rescuers and bystanders had to perform CPR on two people who fell into the water and extract a third from a tree above a steep gorge
The executive decision also requires all NPS sites to grant American residents preferential treatment in permit lotteries
A habituated male elk chased visitors, poked its antlers into their tent, and then left a stinky surprise in their campsite. Park officials say they are monitoring the animal.
Four rescues in June prompted SAR squads to issue a request to pet owners: 鈥渢hese pup emergencies can be prevented.鈥
Five distress calls in seven days prompted the local search and rescue team to warm visitors to hike with caution
A bison fell into the 160-degree Grand Prismatic Spring and died. An eyewitness tells us the ordeal was like seeing "the circle of life unfold.鈥
Officials have reminded the public that summer conditions can quickly become dangerously cold and windy atop the 6,288-foot peak
After seeing a dramatic uptick in search and rescue calls, an official in southern Washington is threatening to charge hikers who are deemed to be negligent
Signs are popping up at NPS sites asking visitors to report any instances of rangers speaking negatively about America. Critics say it鈥檚 an attempt to whitewash U.S. history.
Rescuers located Israeli-American hiker Samuel Vengrinovich near the city of Dharamshala in India鈥檚 Himalayan foothills
On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate added a mandate to the budget bill to sell enormous swaths of public land managed by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management
The Park Service has reminded visitors to keep their distance from the 2,000-pound animals after a man from New Jersey was attacked
A medevac crew in southern Colorado completed a helicopter rescue on the 14,055-foot mountain, which was recently reopened to hikers
The seismic activity on May 29 was much smaller than the July 2024 explosion that closed Biscuit Basin
Colorado Parks and Wildlife advised dog owners to keep pets on-leash when walking in moose habitat, and to choose trails with good visibility