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Craig Berg’s phone vanished in a swamp. As he sought help, he survived on freeze-dried food and “the most disgusting water that you could imagine.”
Shaun Mackelprang was located near a lake that looked similar to where he had been camping, his brother said.
| Keywords | missing-personmissouriwyomingshaun-mackelprangattorney-generalfoundwildernessinvestigationbreaking-newslaw-enforcementjusticelegalnationalus-news |
Known as “Beast Runner,” Petr Novotny searches Taiwan’s dangerous mountains for hikers who’ve gone missing. CNN's Will Ripley joins him as he follows the smallest clues, hoping to bring answers to families after everyone else has given up.
| Keywords | taiwanhikingmissing-personssearch-and-rescuemountainsadventurepetr-novotnycnnexplorationnaturewildernesslost-hikersrescue-missiontravelasiasurvival |
The tidal bore that rockets up the Turnagain Arm south of Anchorage can carry a surfer for an hour; it can also kill. Now that the secret is out, how long will authorities allow surfers to catch the wave?
David Cifaldi was hiking up Granite Peak, Montana’s tallest mountain, last week when he slipped and fell on one of his trekking poles. A wound nurse, he went into survival mode.
| Keywords | montanagranite-peakhikinghikersurvivalaccidentinjurywildernessoutdoorstrekkingmountainsmountain-climbingadventureemergency-responsesearch-and-rescuetravelnatureexploration |
Overcrowding at one of the nation's national parks is raising safety concerns as hikers are seen squeezing past each other down a steep and packed cliffside at a popular trail.
In this installment of NPR's Word of the Week, we go to camp: from 16th-century military lodgings to the wilderness adventures of the 1880s designed to turn boys into "manly men."
| Keywords | historyroman-empiremilitaryetymologyword-of-the-weeknpreducationcultureancient-romelodgings16th-centurywildernessadventuremasculinityboyhoodlinguisticssocial-historyusacampingmanliness |
Daniel Crago was hiking in Glacier National Park when he says a grizzly bear latched onto his arm and dragged him more than 20 feet.
| Keywords | grizzly-bearbear-attackglacier-national-parkhikersurvivalwildlifeanimal-attacknational-parksmontanadaniel-cragoabc-newsnaturesafetyextreme-survivalwildernessinjurywildlife-observation |
Rescuers are trying to reach four climbers who fell on Alaska’s Mount McKinley, North America’s tallest peak, the National Park Service said.
| Keywords | mount-mckinleyalaskausnational-park-servicenpsclimbersrescuemountain-climbingwildernessemergency-responseadventurenatureoutdoor-recreationmountainsnorth-america |
The condition of the climbers was not immediately known.
| Keywords | alaskamount-mckinleyrescueclimbersemergencymountain-climbingoutdoor-adventuresearch-and-rescuewildernessnaturetravelextreme-sports |