hiker

Tagged Discussions

Authorities rescue a woman hiker fell at Grandfather Mountain

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122187) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 24 Mar

Multiple emergency rescue teams which included first responders, the North Carolina National Guard and North Carolina Helo Aquatic Rescue Team used ropes to rescue her after she fell down from a ladder near McRae Peak from a...

11 responses •

13 people

Authority figures rescued a female teenager who suffered an injury in the forest

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122187) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 16 Mar

A teenage girl who was in the company of others hiking suffered a broken ankle on Saturday afternoon needed help in the Boykin Springs Recreational Area in the Angelina National Forest in between Jasper and Zavalla...

9 responses •

9 people

First responders rescue an injured hiker at a state park

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122187) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 10 Mar

New York State Police Officers answered an emergency on Sunday March 8 at Harriman State Park when an injured hiker whose name and gender were not released to the public suffered an injury in the Lake Sebago area. First...

8 responses •

9 people

Tennessee National Guard rescues a hiker who was in a park

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122187) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 25 Feb

A flight crew from the Tennessee National Guard answered an emergency call from a male hiker who was suffering from cold weather symptoms when he was in the Double Springs Gap Shelter in the Great Smoky National Park in the...

hiker

rescue national guard

park

8 responses •

8 people

They Called Him "Mostly Harmless"

celticeagle @celticeagle (189880) • Boise, Idaho 11 Sep

I found a rather odd 2024 documentary on HBO MAX called They Called Him "Mostly Harmless". Here is what it was about: On July 23, 2018, the Collier County Police in Florida were called out to a campsite along a hiking trail. An...

hiker

dna

3 responses •

4 people

Missing hiker found by authorities in a cabin in California by authorities

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122187) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 17 May 25

The family of Jeffersonville Georgia resident Tiffany Slaton, 27, had she did not contact her family for nine days since April 29. Authorities with the Fresno County Sheriff's Office (FCSO) in California with the help of others...

5 responses •

5 people

Tennessee National Guard rescues an injured hiker

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122187) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 27 Mar 25

Members of the Tennessee National Guard responded to an emergency call from a hiker who was located in the Great Smoky National Park which is located in Louisville Tennessee this past weekend. Paramedics of the Guardsmen came to...

4 responses •

6 people

Conservation officers rescue a male hiker who was lost in a mountain

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122187) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 23 Mar 25

A male hiker from Acton Massachusetts called 911 to ask for help after the 52 year old man whose identity was not released was lost off of the Twinway Trail between Mount Guyot and South Twin Mountain on Friday morning. The hiker...

6 responses •

5 people

Teamwork between the firefighters and rescue team save a hiker stuck in quicksand

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122187) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 21 Dec 24

The Summerville Fire Department and the Wilderness Volunteer Fire Department and the Fayette County Vertical Rescue Team worked together on Tuesday evening to rescue a male hiker who fell into Summersville Lake in West...

11 responses •

12 people

Deputies in Utah locate a missing hiker

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122187) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 22 Apr 24

Tobias Braaton who is a resident of Washington state admitted that he took a wrong turn when he started his journey in Thurston Peak on Friday from the Fernwood Trailhead in Layton Utah when his relatives reported that Tobias was...

10 responses •

9 people

A hiker in the Smokies is rescued by the Tennessee National Guard

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122187) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 18 Aug 23

Thanks to the teamwork of the Tennessee Army National Guard (TNARNG) an the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) who were either altered by the hiker himself or a relative of the hiker who contacted the authorities of the...

hiker

national guard

rescue

9 responses •

10 people

Maryland State Police rescue a hiker and his dog stranded on a cliff in West Virginia

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122187) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 13 Apr 23

A 27 male year old hiker who was in the company of his pet male dog were hiking in Loudon Heights Trail in Harper's Ferry West Viginia on Sunday night when the couple were trapped near a cliff that is over Shenandoah River. The...

5 responses •

5 people

Huckleberry picker rescued by helicopter crew after he went missing in Idaho

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122187) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 29 Jul 22

Kuy Lohn who was working in his line of work as a huckleberry picker in Idaho who went missing on Thursday in Boundary County Idaho is one lucky man since he had the good fortune of some hikers who heard the story about him...

7 responses •

7 people

A rescue story from the mountains in New Mexico

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122187) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 30 Jan 22

A 50 year old woman who was stranded in the LaDrones Mountains in Socorro County in Mexico after a concerned person called the authorities to report the incident. Thanks to a Socorro County deputy and a paramedic who assisted the...

2 responses •

3 people

A rescue story from a mountain in Maine

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122187) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 11 Aug 21

A hiker that suffered a broken leg while hiking in Mount Chase in Penobscot County fell down on Monday afternoon. Thanks to an alert volunteer who notified the Maine Game Wardens of the incident, the hiker whose name and gender...

mountain

hiker

rescue

6 responses •

6 people

Actress Julie Bowen assists a hiker who fainted in Utah

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122187) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 8 Aug 21

These kinds of stories are interesting for me to share since it is nice to someone who I do not know using her star power to assist someone in need of help. Minnie John who is from New Jersey was hiking in the Arches National...

actress

hiker

rescue

8 responses •

9 people

A rescue of a hiker who broke his ankle in the Appalachian Trail

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122187) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 15 Jul 21

I have to give credit where credit is due to the members of first responders, volunteers and emergency employees who work very hard to assist persons who need their assistance due to an accident. Richard Sullivan and his son...

4 responses •

6 people

My Backpack and I

Shavkat @Shavkat (141905) • Philippines 11 Jan 21

Today is a market day for me. This is how I look when hiking to the public market. My simple outfit with a backpack is what makes me like a hiker in town. The day is treating us well with the sun shines so bright. Besides, it was...

22 responses •

23 people

Off duty police officer rescues a hiker trapped in a whirlpool of water

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122187) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 12 May 20

A 24 year old hiker from Fresno California is thanking his lucky stars that an off duty California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer who was hiking the Willow Creek Trail above Bass Lake with the help of good Samaritans saved his life...

brent donley

california highway patrol

hiker

whirlpool

11 responses •

12 people

A miracle rescue story from Alaska

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122187) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 10 Dec 19

A male hiker whose name was not released is one lucky person who had the misfortune of being buried in two to three feet of snow at Flattop Mountain in Alaska for a period of one hour being buried upside down. The saving grace...

7 responses •

7 people