It’s an ascent into madness. Mountain rescuers in Wales claim they’re constantly rescuing amateur climbers up high amid a spike in regional hiking content on social media. “The team has dealt with some panic attacks,” the Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organization wrote while describing this peak anxiety in a Facebook post. The rescues occurred at … Read more
Ain’t no mountain high enough — to keep germs from getting to you. Humans aren’t the only organisms to scale the world’s tallest mountain: An analysis of soil samples taken from Mount Everest revealed that our coughs and sneezes are getting preserved in the mountain’s ice for hundreds of years. The alarming findings were published … Read more
Utah climbers pinned down on a slab on Mt. Olympus during a storm were rescued Saturday night in what officials said was a “miracle.” The trio was stranded on the West Slabs of the mountain in Salt Lake County on Saturday evening one hundred feet below the summit, the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue said. The … Read more