Two hikers from Massachusetts were rescued after falling into a brook on Mount Monadnock in Jaffrey, New Hampshire. Officials say one of the hikers was heavily intoxicated. According to New Hampshire Fish and Game, at approximately 10 p.m. on December 19, officers with the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department were alerted by New Hampshire…
One hiker died and hundreds of others were rescued after sudden heavy snowfall on the Tibetan Plateau and near Mount Everest on the Chinese side, state media and hikers reported on Monday. A young hiker nicknamed FeiFei, who was evacuated on Monday, told AFP she was on a multi-day trek with three friends and a…
BEIJING (AP) — Rescue workers were helping hundreds of hikers trapped by heavy snow at tourist campsites on a slope of Mount Everest in Tibet, Chinese state media said late Sunday. About 350 hikers had reached a meeting point in Tingri country and rescuers were in contact with another 200, state broadcaster CCTV said. There…
Hong Kong authorities are searching for a man from mainland China who has been missing since Saturday following a hiking trip to Lamma Island, where he last told a colleague that he suspected he had lost his way. Zheng To, 52, had arrived in Hong Kong the same day for a short business trip and…