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When Matthew Desfosses and his skiing partner set out in the early hours of a February 2019 morning, the plan was to spend the night in Lizzie Creek Cabin in the mountains of southeast British Columbia. Instead, they spent the night battling hypothermia in a snow cave. Little did they know that they were a […] The post Backcountry Skiers Rescued After Surviving Night...

Jeppe Spence of Denmark has hiked the Appalachian Trail in the eastern U.S., Kungsleden, Skåneleden and Vättlefjällsleden in Sweden, and other various long-distance trails around the world — and he’s only in his early 20s. He’s trying to live a life he won’t regret, and that includes spending as much time outdoors as possible.   “The […] The post Danish Hiker Trapped on Rural Norway...

On a summer night in July, a 130-pound German shepherd with injured paws was unable to descend a remote trail in the North Cascades Range, and its owner didn’t know what to do. A third-party individual had triggered an SOS on their inReach® satellite communicator to report the situation, and staff at the GEOS International Emergency Response […] The post Response Team Rescues Imperiled Animals in...