A San Diego photographer was killed by a grizzly bear in Alaska’s Denali National Park on Friday while taking pictures of the animal. The body of 49-year-old Richard White was found after hikers stumbled upon an abandoned backpack and found torn clothing and blood along the Toklat River. Park officials were able to recover White’s camera, which showed photos of the bear grazing and not acting aggressively. He photographed the bear for at least eight minutes before being attacked. O... Read More
Photographer: Adam Kerfoot-Roberts/Wikimedia Commons
A German sports official died Monday after being struck in the throat by a javelin. The 74-year-old man was overseeing a youth meet in the city of Düsseldorf when a 15-year-old competitor threw the object. "The popular and experienced sports judge was the victim of a tragic accident while carrying out his duties on Aug. 26," the local athletics association said on its website. "All of us who were there are horrified and in shock." The young athlete is now receiving psychological counselin... Read More
Rustam Gelmanov and Anna Stohr took first place overall at this year's bouldering World Cup, locking up their wins on Sunday at the series' final event in Munich, Germany. Gelmanov had been tied for first with Austrian Kilian Fischhuber leading into the final boulder, but took top honors with a fourth-place finish in the last event after Fischhuber failed to qualify for the semi-finals. On the women's side, Anna Stohr took her third overall win with a second-place finish behind Japan's Akiyo N... Read More
Federal agents have seized over $1 billion worth of marijuana in an operation on public lands in California and six other western states. The two-month operation, dubbed Mountain Sweep, netted over 550,000 pot plants and eight firearms and shut down more than 96 grow sites, including many in several different National Parks, such as Death Valley, Sequoia, and Mendocino National Forests. "Marijuana trafficking organizations seek to turn our nation's parks and public lands into their own drug ha... Read More
Nothing has been confirmed yet, but Rosalie and Mike Pippin believe that there is a strong likelihood that the human remains found in the Bob Marshall Wilderness on Friday evening belong to their son, Noah Pippin, a 30-year-old Marine who disappeared in September 2010 while hiking in Montana. The remains were discovered by a search party of volunteers, border agents and a sheriff's deputy who set out on Wednesday to look for the three-time Iraq War veteran. "People who saw Noah Pippin on a tra... Read More
