death

A 29-year-old hiker died this Saturday afternoon when he fell from Heritage Falls in Greenville, South Carolina after attempting to save his dog from the 125-foot plunge he fell victim to. According to reports, his dog regained footing and survived. The hiker’s girlfriend suffered only minor bruises in her attempt… Read the rest

When female surfer Keala Kennelly won the women’s heat of the Nelscott Reef Big Wave Classic last week, she dedicated the win to good friend and fellow passionate surfer Andy Irons, who died Tuesday. The above video shows Andy speaking about why surfing was such a meaningful part of his… Read the rest

Jackson Hole ski patroller Mark “Big Wally” Wolling is in a battle for his life after being buried in an avalanche this morning.
According to reports, Wolling and a partner were using explosives to do avalanche control work when an explosion caused the slope above them to fail. His partner… Read the rest

Every year Americans die abroad and thanks to the State Department those deaths don’t go un-indexed. An article in the Chicago Tribune brought our attention to this State Department Web page, which tracks all non-natural deaths of Americans abroad.
This one-stop shop of morbid factoids makes it simple for users… Read the rest

This is just sad, sad, sad.
From Boing Boing:

Toronto-based folk singer Taylor Mitchell died after coyotes pounced on her during a solo hike in Cape Breton national park on Monday. She was hospitalized with injuries from multiple bites, and died in critical care yesterday. Ms. Mitchell was 19 years … Read the rest

Although nobody actually died in Vermont’s annual “death race” this year, the event is every bit as grueling as the name implies. For a portion of the race competitors have to run through a knee-deep mud sink hole before crawling 200 yards under barbed wire and then chopping out a… Read the rest

The only thing scarier than knowing a 3,000-pound flesh eater is swimming in the ocean where you surf is when you realize that this very same beast is both comfortable and confident enough in its own terrible strength to hurl itself several feet into the air for no other purpose… Read the rest

Sooner or later you or someone you know will have to make a decision about what to do with your corpse once you finally kick the bucket. Although it might be difficult to imagine life going on without you in it, odds are most of the world won’t skip a… Read the rest