A woman who survived a 1977 plane crash in the mountains above Aspen, Colorado recently donated $1.5 million to Mountain Rescue Aspen (MRA) as thanks for the two-day search-and-rescue operation that saved her life. In a ceremony on November 29th, the 34th anniversary of the crash, Lynda Cameron dedicated the gift in memory of her father, who was killed on impact when the plane struck a ridge in a snow storm. Cameron, her mother, brother, and three other survivors spent two nights in freezing t... Read More
Kevin Pearce snowboarded on Tuesday in Breckenridge, Colorado for the first time since a massive head injury nearly took his life late 2009. Pearce was joined by a large group that included friends, fans, and the media Tuesday afternoon after a private test run earlier in the day. Pearce was preparing for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics when he crashed and hit his head in halfpipe training in Park City, Utah. He eventually re-learned to speak and walk with intensive physical therapy, but his retur... Read More
A pair of explorers on Wednesday completed a six-week journey to the South Pole by ski, one hundred years to the day after Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the pole on December 14, 1911. Vegard Ulvang and Harald Dag Jollie, both of Norway, were too late on Wednesday to attend a ceremony that included Norway’s prime minister and about 300 people, all of whom had flown in. Celebrants were treated to an ice sculpture of Amundsen. Though Ulvang and Jollie missed the party, two of... Read More
An American researcher in New Guinea has announced the discovery of the world's smallest frogs. At eight to nine milimeters long, the two species found by Fred Kraus, Paedophryne dekot and P. verrucosa, are the smallest non-fish vertabrates on earth. In a paper published in the open-access journal ZooKeys, Kraus, of the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, said that the species aren't able to climb well, and, instead, live in leaf litter and moss on the forest floor. The four known miniature frog specie... Read More
A 14-year-old American is free five months after he was kidnapped and held hostage in a remote Philippine jungle. Kevin Lunsmann was on vacation with his mother and cousin when Islamic terrorists captured them in July. Acoording to Philippine government officials, Lunsmann asked to bathe in a stream but dashed into the jungle instead, trekking barefoot for two days before villagers found him Saturday on the south side of Basilan Island. Lunsmann’s mother was released in October, and his ... Read More
