On the afternoon of August 22, the Mono County Sheriff SAR team was paged for an InReach activation from a climber who had become stranded after getting off route in the Mendenhall Couloir on Laurel Mountain near Mammoth Lakes, Calif. The Mendenhall is a complex alpine gully with loose rock, route-finding, exposure, and significant objective
Mount Baring, located on National Forest land in Washington state, is popular with base jumpers across the U.S. The mountain’s north face drops nearly vertically to a meadow below that features a small lake and open areas, enticing high-risk takers with a short hike from the parking lot to the 6,127-foot summit. Over the years,
The 76th ICAR Assembly of Delegates was held in October 2025 on the final day of the annual ICAR conference, which was in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. It marked only the second time in ICAR history that the conference has been in the United States, according to the report from Tom Wood. All eight of the
