However, heading toward what would become my seventh continent to hike — I was going to Africa to hike the Bwindi ...

Kirk S. Thomas Olsen, 61, was found dead after park rangers learned that he was overdue to return from backpacking in the ...

A search team on Colorado's Mount of the Holy Cross came across personal objects potentially linked to Michelle Vanek, a hiker who disappeared on Sept. 24, 2005.

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But, after renewed efforts from five women in the Vail Mountain Rescue Group and a female archeologist from the U.S Forest Service, many personal items including clothing, a small backpack, hiking ...

A hiker from San Luis Obispo who went missing while backpacking in Yosemite National Park was found dead Saturday morning.

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Though not generally thought of as a "crowd-free" location, this waterfall trail is recognized on Backpacker's list of fall favorites.

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An experienced hiker was found dead at Yosemite National Park in California after he went missing during a backpacking trip ...

Park rangers said the missing backpacker who vanished while hiking in Yosemite National Park was found dead Saturday morning.