Man Survives Four Days Lost In Desert
Posted October 1, 2010 – 9:38 am in: Outdoors
SOURCE: Associated Press
A real estate broker rescued after four days lost in the desolate Joshua Tree National Park says he focused on remaining still to avoid heat exhaustion and writing messages to his family on his hat, according to his wife.
Edward Rosenthal, 64, was on a day hike when he made a wrong turn trying [...]
Yosemite Turns 120
Posted September 30, 2010 – 7:18 pm in: OutdoorsSOURCE: Los Angeles Times
Yosemite marks its 120th year as a national park Friday, a celebration of a beautiful open space that attracts some 4 million visitors per year.
First, rangers don’t dance with bears anymore. (Enid Michael, above, served in the park as a naturalist and ranger from 1921 to 1942.) There is no more model train power supply. [...]
Woman Fends Off Bear With Zucchini
Posted September 28, 2010 – 7:19 pm in: Outdoors
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
A Montana woman reportedly used a piece of zucchini to fend off a charging bear said to have attacked one of her dogs.
The woman was stirred after midnight by a tussle in the backyard of her home near Frenchtown, Missoula County Sheriff’s Lt. Rich Maricelli said. She went to investigate and found [...]
Red Fox Sighting in Sierras
Posted September 10, 2010 – 12:09 pm in: OutdoorsSOURCE: Los Angeles Times
The U.S. Forest Service says, through detection of canine slobber on a bait bag of chicken scraps and a fuzzy photograph from a motion-sensitive camera north of Yosemite National Park they have been to confirm the existence of a red fox, thought to have been all but wiped out.
“The last known sighting [...]
The Travel Berkey® To the Rescue
Posted January 25, 2009 – 6:18 pm in: OutdoorsYou may be prepared by having survival food but unfortunately, securing your access to good tasting, sparkling, and wholesome drinking water can be harder than you might expect. Water is often laced with chlorine, lead, high levels of harmful bacteria, and other unwanted chemicals and contaminants. Frequently these produce unpleasant tastes and odors. Even bottled [...]
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