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Waterfalls: Falling is Bad! On May 30th, 2025, Outside reported, "over Memorial Day weekend, search-and-rescue groups in three different states responded to reports of hikers plummeting

The tops of #waterfalls are incredibly #dangerous. Every year there are accidents on popular trails where people go beyond a fence and fall.

#hiking #outdoorrecreation

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Climbing and Outdoor News from Here and Abroad - 12/4/2025 AAI News:

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I Trained Soldiers for Decades. Here Are 10 Must-Have Gifts I Recommend for the Survivalist in Your Life. From a universally loved and trusted multitool to a spoil-me heirloom knife, here are some agreed-upon must-haves and most-wanted gear items for survivalists like me

From a universally loved and trusted multitool to a spoil-me heirloom knife, here are some agreed-upon must-haves and most-wanted gear items for survivalists like me
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Please please please don't glissade with crampons on!

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But Soft, What Light Over Yonder Breaks?

'Tis Juliet, she's got a terrible case of gone-green! **

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#Twizel, #NewZealand
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."

** I regret nothing! :P

#Aurora #Twizel #Pelinor #OnLocation #MountainMonday #EastCoastKin #EverythingBut #BlueskyMonday

Caught On a Coastal Knife-Edge, Hiker Survives Daring Saddle Mountain Rescue. Here Are the Photos. After thick clouds grounded a rescue helicopter, firefighters performed a risky, high-angle rescue to save a hapless hiker who had scrambled onto a rock fin.

After thick clouds grounded a rescue helicopter, firefighters performed a risky, high-angle rescue to save a hapless hiker who had scrambled onto a rock fin.
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Travis Rice VS Alaskan Spines in “FINAL BOSS” Travis Rice knows the Alaskan Range like the back of his hand, and he’s ticked off most of his dream lines already… but Final Boss was always the one that g

Travis Rice VS Alaskan Spines in “FINAL BOSS” radnut.com/travis-rice-... #skiing #snowboarding #snowboard #skilife #travisrice #finalboss #freeride #backcountry #extremesports #alaska #mtb #radnut

A Fed Bear is a Dead Bear Feeding a bear might feel cool. It might feel like you're feeding a dog. But it’s actually one of the quickest ways to turn a wild animal into a walking

A Fed #Bear is a Dead Bear: This should be common sense at this point. See our video on the topic in the post below.

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YouTube video by American Alpine Institute We Owe Each Other Safety

Some outdoor educator thoughts on the "creepy hiker guy" video from TikTok.

#hiking #hikingsafety #outdooreducation

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Scouting, Outdoor Adventure and Leadership NPR and others are reporting that the relationship between the organization that was formerly known as Boy Scouts of America and is now known as Scouting

The military intends to cut its relationship with scouting. This is too bad. Scouting has tremendous value for youth. They learn leadership and outdoor skills, things that aren't offered in many other places in the 21st Century.

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Definition of a Slab Avalanche A slab avalanche is what happens when a cohesive plate of snow fractures above a weak layer—often something sugary, faceted, or otherwise structurally

What is a slab #avalanche?

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Cliimbing Anchor Damage and Ropes Nylon ropes don’t appear to be much of a threat to metal climbing anchors, but once they pick up debris from the ground, they become surprisingly destructive.

#Ropes can seriously damage #climbing equipment.

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Crazy to see how much sun damage an old tent got in the 24-hour Antarctic sun.

#southpole #tent #antarctica

Climbing and Outdoor News from Here and Abroad - 11/20/2025 AAI News:

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Alpine Difficulty Grade Scales We have published a few different articles on Grade Scales. Each article points out how difficult it is to really break down all the aspects of a different

Alpine Difficulty Grade Scales in #climbing
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Rock Climbing Grade Comparison Chart In the United States, we use the Yosemite Decimal System. This is a rating system used primarily in North America to classify the difficulty of scrambling and

#Rockclimbing grades aren't the same in every country. Check out this nice breakdown of the differences in #climbing scales:

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Climbing Class and Commitment Grade In the mountains, numbers can feel deceptively simple. A climb is labeled “Class 3” or “Grade III,” and suddenly people assume they’ve cracked the code. But

Understanding the YDS Class System and the Roman Numeral Grade System in #climbing:
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Leave No Trace: Don't Mess with a Moose! Every year, thousands of people head into the backcountry to experience wild places—towering peaks, glacial valleys, alpine lakes. But along with this

#Moose look really cool, but they can also be dangerous.

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Climbing and Outdoor News from here and abroad - 11/13/2025 --Purchase an Avalanche program before 11/15/2025 and save $100. Learn more!

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All the colors.

Just speechless! 🥰#Northernlights #YEG #Alberta

Colorful popcorn cloud sunrise and mountains.

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A bright red glow reaches up into the darkness, illuminating the silhouettes of tall slightly scraggly, spruce trees

Swirls of green and red light sweep down from the sky, lighting up the forest and contrasting against the Stark silhouettes of trees

Dramatic swirls of green and red light swirl down from the middle of the sky, starkly contrasting against the bear of Poplar, tall Spruce trees.

Still more dramatic curtains of light sweep down from above in sheets of green and red. The tall bear poplars and spruce spires our starkly silhouetted.

I really need to get to bed, but I just poked my head out the back door again. This is the view from my deck. All of this is looking south. When the geomagnetic storms are like this, the oval overshoots me and stretches into the US, which is why so many are seeing it tonight. #aurora

Retro-Bolting Routes that are Dangerous In 2022, a 22-year-old woman took a significant fall on the Snake Dike (5.7, III) in Yosemite National Park. The accident was the result of being off-route

Should we be retro-bolting old routes that are dangrous?

#climbing #rockclimbing

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Nylon Webbing Strength and UV Radiation Webbing is often used to builds rappels, extend protection, and occasionally for mountain rescue operations. But not all webbing is created equal—and how long

Some thoughts on nylon strength and UV radiation in #climbing.
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Solar Halos If you’ve ever looked up on a cold, clear day and seen a perfect ring of light encircling the sun, you’ve witnessed one of the atmosphere’s most beautiful

What is a solar halo and what does it mean in the mountains?

#climbing #skiing #mountaineering #weather #mountains

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It is time to start thinking about this... Note that this article includes videos of deep snow immersions. #skiing #snowboarding

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Climbing and Outdoor News from Here and AbRoad - 11/6/25 American Alpine Institute News:

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Photograph taken from inside an ice cave at the terminus of Canwell Glacier in Alaska. The cave ceiling and walls are made of smooth, layered ice in varying shades of blue and turquoise. Two bright openings in the distance allow daylight to enter, illuminating the sculpted patterns in the ice. The cave floor is dark with scattered gravel and rock debris, contrasting with the glowing ice surfaces above.

Inside a now collapsed ice cave at the terminus of Canwell Glacier, Alaska. Daylight filters through openings in the ice, revealing the blue glow of the glacier’s interior.

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#alaska #glacier #hiking

That's Alpamayo in the Peruvian #Andes, one of the coolest mountains in the world.

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