Hiking blog about when hiking goes bad..

[wilconow]

I found out about this from reading www.besthike.com -

http://hikerhell.blogspot.com

"This blog is about learning from other people's mistakes, so you don't make the same ones."

kind of a weird name but it seems like they're posting interesting articles

[fiddlehead]

Don't even think i wanna go there. Hiking has never "gone bad" for me.
I prefer it in its positive light.

[Marta]

Good grief! I hope my mother never finds that site!

[kayak karl]

I found out about this from reading www.besthike.com (http://www.besthike.com) -

http://hikerhell.blogspot.com

"This blog is about learning from other people's mistakes, so you don't make the same ones."

kind of a weird name but it seems like they're posting interesting articles
Mushroom gathering, thats what ill do on the AT, havent done that for 30 some years :D http://hikerhell.blogspot.com/2008/07/man-looking-for-shrooms-finds-lost.html

i hope my family doesnt see this site either.

[Tipi Walter]

This is just the kind of stuff I like to read when I'm out on a long backpacking trip. Especially the winter epics of the mountain climbers caught up in a bad storm. Thanks for the link.

[Jason of the Woods]

I'm scared. I think that I'm gonna trade my boots for a gym membership.;)

[woodsy]

Lots of good reading there about how to not do things out there.

[DBT fan]

Lots of good reading there about how to not do things out there.

A wise man learns more from a fool than a fool learns from a wise man.

[wilconow]

This is a really great blog.. now he's doing interviews about EMTs.. this one is about whether or not you shuld take naps.. guess is more towards extreme stuff, but still interesting to read

http://hikerhell.blogspot.com/2008/07/ask-search-and-rescue-member-naps-on.html

[woodsy]

Tragedy unfolding on K-2. Avalanche kills some climbers, strands others.
Story on hikerhell blog. (http://hikerhell.blogspot.com/2008/08/developing-story-k2-avalanche-kills-and.html)
Too bad, no matter how much prep and safety precaution one takes in some endeavors, such as this, the elements and the great mother rule.
For those of you who like to read high mountain adventure stories, K-2 Triumph and tragedy by Jim Curran (http://www.jimcurran.co.uk/biog.html) describes climbing this mountain and the tragedy that struck half of the people that summited it in 1986.
edit: updated (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080803/wl_nm/pakistan_climbers_dc_7) info on the tragedy.

[doggiebag]

This is a really great blog.. now he's doing interviews about EMTs.. this one is about whether or not you shuld take naps.. guess is more towards extreme stuff, but still interesting to read

http://hikerhell.blogspot.com/2008/07/ask-search-and-rescue-member-naps-on.html

Thanks for sharing the great resource. The blogger "B-Real" does an outstanding job in compiling incidents from all over the world on a daily basis. It's definitely a blog I would check everyday.

[jersey joe]

Who would have thought there could be a niche market for hike blogging.

[wilconow]

here's an entry that may be of interest to some

Black Bear Mauls Young Boy Twice in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (http://hikerhell.blogspot.com/2008/08/black-bear-mauls-young-boy-twice-in.html)

[Homer&Marje]

Personally, I think they should have relocated that bear not shot it. I like that blog though it is very good to learn from others mistakes. I'm sure I could put a few things on there too but, do I want to admit to my mistakes:D

[hoyawolf]

amusing in a sick kind of watch others suffering way!

[MyName1sMud]

I like it!