Tag: Fatal hiking mistakes

Hiking Accident Prevention: Avoiding Fatal Hiking Mistakes In National Parks

July 12, 2021

 

S T O R I E S  P A S T  A N D  P R E S E N T

Risky Techniques ♦ Inexperience ♦ Hiking In Extreme Heat ♦ and Lone Hiking – Lead To Fatal Mistakes In National Parks

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NationalParksTraveler.org 6/22/21 – Deaths Rising In National Park System, By NPT Staff

CNN.com April 24, 2019 – On average, 6 people die in national parks every week. This is how you can protect yourself, By AJ Willingham
 

The Seattle Times and The San Franciso Chronicle June 11, 2018 – Witness Describes Death Plunge Of Two Yosemite Climbers,  By Peter Fimrite.  

OutsideOnline.com, August 9, 2018 -“Whitney Has Turned Into An Overcrowded Catastrophe,  By Megan Michelson.  

KUNC Radio (KUNC.org) November 27, 2018 – Hiking Alone: Common Thread In Four Rocky Mountain National Park Fatalities, Searches,  By Michael de Yoanna.  

KUNC Radio (KUNC.org) July 17, 2018 – Rocky Mountain National Park Is Third For Most Search And Rescues,  By Michael de Yoanna.  

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