Most everyone who enjoys the outdoors has a story or two about an epic. It’s part of the culture. And we’ve got many such tales amongst the crew here at Gregory. 
After all, you learn from your mistakes, eh?
Now, it appears, you can learn from others’ mistakes as well. And all in one place.
Via Dougald McDonald’s blog The Mountain World (an excellent read in itself if you’re interested in climbing news and dispatches from the climbing world), we learned about a new blog, Hiker Hell, which documents hiking and camping mishaps. Its tagline: “Learn from other hikers’ mistakes (and triumphs).”
It appears there’s no shortage of material out there, either. The blog’s only been around for two months, but in June and July alone its author has managed to document 220 cases of outdoor mishaps - falls, rescues, survival stories, and, uh, mistakes where people paid the ultimate price.
If you’re looking for - or fascincated by - things not to do while you’re hiking or otherwise getting outdoors, there’s plenty to read.
The site Hiker Hell is indeed informative specially the Rescue Team Responds to 1 Missing Hiker, 1 Injured Climber, 1 Hiker with Heartattack, 2 Dehydrated Hikers and 4 Alpinists Struck by Lightning in 1 Day
to add up with amazing view of photos.
Thanks for the mention. Kind of surprised you guys even gave me a plug since you promote the great outdoors and I, well, make people wonder if they’re ready to enjoy the great outdoors.
But the views and the exhilaration we feel when we are out there is definitely worth the risk.
Stay safe, and don’t end up on my blog.
The site Hiker Hell is indeed informative specially the Rescue Team Responds to 1 Missing Hiker, 1 Injured Climber, 1 Hiker with Heartattack, 2 Dehydrated Hikers and 4 Alpinists Struck by Lightning in 1 Day to add up with amazing view of photos.
Thanks for the comment. As you point out, we can learn from mistakes - our own and other people’s!