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A hiker from Saxons River, Vermont survived 13 hours stuck in quicksand in Southeastern Utah last Wednesday. Robbie Tesar, a 25-year-old student enrolled in a 25-day survival training course, was sucked in when he tried to traverse a “sandy area” on the bank of the Dirty Devil River. That area… Read the rest

Swiss nude hiking made the news again last week after Switzerland’s top court rejected the appeal of a man fined for trekking in the buff in the canton of Appenzell.
To recap, this story was first reported in early 2009 when a flux of naked Germans trotted into Appenzell and… Read the rest

Grandma and Grandpa may think they had it bad, but 80 children living in a remote village in the Pamir mountains in China totally win the my-walk-to-school-was-harder-than-your-walk-to-school battle.
The kids, some as young as 6-years-old and some as old as 17, live in Pili, a small village of about 400… Read the rest

When an off-duty search and rescue volunteer happened upon Michael St. Laurent’s makeshift shelter in the backcountry of Grouse Mountain in North Vancouver, B.C. on Saturday, St. Laurent was prepared to die.
The 45-year-old had spent the last 10 days in the wilderness, suffering from frostbite, dehydration and injuries he… Read the rest

Scott Williamson, a 39-year-old tree climber from Truckee, California, set a new speed record on the famed Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), which runs from Canada to Mexico, running the lengths of Washington, Oregon and California. Williamson walked the 2,627-mile Pacific Crest Trail in a record time of 64 days, 11… Read the rest

In his fifth appearance this year, a man exposed himself to a woman yesterday morning in Mill Creek Canyon, Utah. According to authorities, the woman had been running the Birch Hollow trail at around 11am when the man, naked, stood up from behind a bush.
“He just stands there naked,”… Read the rest

Appalachian Trail hikers found 69-year-old Robert Yerike in the 100-Mile Wilderness Thursday. Yerike was attempting a solo thru-hike when he became ill in this northern stretch of the AT, close to the end of his nearly 2,000 mile hike. Though private land and logging roads surround this narrow corridor, the… Read the rest

A 64-year-old hiker was rescued last week, just outside Moab, Utah, near Little Blue John Canyon in Cayonlands National Park, four days after taking a spill that nearly cost him his life.
Amos Wayne Richards of Concord, N.C. broke his leg and dislocated his shoulder after falling 10 feet while… Read the rest

The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department released the roughly three-minute video above this weekend showing the helicopter rescue of three hikers who were found “clinging to a cliff,” as the NBC … Read the restput it, at Eaton Canyon earlier this month. We hear about stranded hikers/rescues so often, it’s interesting to see it

We’re pretty sure you’ve–at the very least–seen the trailer of 23 Feet. If not, click play above and watch!
The filmmakers’ run-down of it goes like this:
Three women set out across the west in their 23 foot, 1970 Airstream to search for the stories of people who have turned … Read the rest

Can’t handle the rustic lifestyle? Don’t feel like taking ten minutes to stake your tent? Then, apparently, ‘glamping’ is for you. It’s a (disturbing) new trend that offers those seeking an outdoorsy overnight stay without all the accoutrements of a true camping endeavor.
If you haven’t guessed it–’glamping’ is glamorous… Read the rest

Just a few days ago, Jennifer Pharr Davis set the record for the fastest hike of the entire 2,181 miles of the Appalachian trail, which took her by foot from Maine to Georgia.
Davis left Maine on June 16 and–according to Huff Po–arrived at the end of her journey in… Read the rest

Here at Wend… Read the rest, we’re known for having shared a dog story or two. It comes naturally, considering dogs are the outdoorsy type themselves; they often accompany their owners on hikes, surfboards and even on pedal-powered trips. But cats–the ‘other’ domesticated mammals–they just don’t get to get out with their

The Canadian Press just released a report stating that a man camping in Northwest Saskatchewan–who thought he heard a bear–accidentally shot a woman who was attempting to pee in the nearby woods late at night. We can only guess that the 26-year-old man purportedly mistook the sounds of woman urinating… Read the rest

If being in a gearstore is like being like a kid in a candystore, buying candy in a gearstore is like being a kid in Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory. Choosing snacks to bring on the trail is a great excuse to buy candy, especially for people who have to justify… Read the rest