I didn’t see the point until after I had kids and now, packing a bug out bag just seems responsible. Kind of like changing the oil on my car.

On Sunday night, the Maryland State Police dispatched a rescue mission when a hiker and his dog got stuck on a cliff above the Shenandoah River, located in West Virginia. At around 10pm, Maryland State Police Aviation Command’s (MSPAC) Trooper 3 was called to a mountainous, heavily forested area of Harpers Ferry National Park. A [...]

Meg O’Neil was a lot of things. She was a skilled ice climber, an experienced outdoorswoman, and a mentor to dozens of aspiring climbers and mountaineers. And, as her final actions proved, she was also a selfless friend. On April 2, O’Neil was climbing Raven Falls, a frozen cascade in northern Utah, with two climbing [...]

Last week, four sailors were making their way across the open ocean between Ecuador and French Polynesia when they hit a whale. The collision was so forceful that the ship went down, leaving the crew stranded in the middle of the Pacific. They didn’t see the whale coming. One of them was on watch while [...]

Last week, a “hostile” zebra attacked a man near Columbus, Ohio, biting his arm so badly that he had to be put in a tourniquet. According to The Washington Post, no one was quite sure who owned the zebras, or why the man was in the field at the time. The 911 dispatcher who picked [...]

We love condiments as much as the next person, but surviving 24 days at sea on condiments alone is an ordeal no one should have to go through. Unfortunately for Elvis Francois, there was no other choice.  The Dominican sailor was doing some maintenance projects off the coast of St. Martin this past December when [...]

Weeks after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake rocked areas of Turkey and Syria, rescuers are still patrolling the rubble in search of lost pets. There are plenty left to be found. Right now, teams of volunteers are working around the clock to get these animals the life-saving care they need. They’re also scrambling to reunite the animals [...]

A 30-year-old Bolivian man has defied the odds by surviving 31 days in the Amazon with nothing but a shotgun and a single cartridge. (We can’t wait for this to be turned into a Netflix series.)  On January 25, 2023, Jhonattan Acosta was hunting with four friends when he was separated from his group, reports [...]

Last Friday, two teenage hikers were rescued after spending 48 hours lost and snowed-in on California’s Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). The two 17-year-olds, Riley Ramirez of Cypress, California and Cole White of Portland, Oregon, were left huddling for warmth amid five-foot snow drifts.  The teens began their excursion on Feb. 26, reports the Palm Springs [...]

When a huge fire broke out at The Dog Resort, a doggy daycare facility in Seattle, this month, staff members didn’t think they’d be able to get all the dogs out in time.  A dryer had caught flame, and thick gray smoke poured through the building. It was hard to see inside, let alone breathe. [...]