Death In Glacier National Park

Author : Randi Minetor
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781493025473

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Death in Glacier National Park by Randi Minetor Pdf

Adventures in the wilderness can be dramatic and deadly. Glacier National Park’s death records date back to January 1913, when a man froze to death while snowshoeing between Cut Bank and St. Mary. All told, 260 people have died or are presumed to have died in the park during the first hundred years of its existence. One man fell into a crevasse on East Gunsight Peak while skiing its steep north face, and another died while moonlight biking on the Sun Road. A man left his wife and five children at the Apgar picnic area and disappeared on Lake McDonald. His boat was found halfway up the west shore wedged between rocks with the propeller stuck in gravel. Collected here are some the most gripping accounts in park history of these unfortunate events caused by natural forces or human folly.

Author : C. W. Guthrie,Ann Fagre,Dan Fagre
Publisher : Farcountry Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-23
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781560376583

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Death & Survival in Glacier National Park by C. W. Guthrie,Ann Fagre,Dan Fagre Pdf

Sheer cliffs, avalanches, turbulent rivers, cold lakes, severe weather, grizzly bears - these are just a few of the ways you can die while visiting Glacier National Park. Since 1910 when the park was established, 296 people have perished within Glacier's boundaries, and many more somehow survived close calls with death. Death & Survival in Glacier National Park recounts their true tales, as well as stories of the brave and often heroic search-and-rescue professionals who put their lives on the line so that others might live.

• Written by a local Glacier National Park experts.
• Jam-packed with gripping stories of courage and survival against all odds.
• Featuring the most complete chronology of all 296 deaths in Glacier National Park, including names, ages, locations, and causes.

Author : Jack Olsen
Publisher : Crime Rant Books
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Nature
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Night of the Grizzlies by Jack Olsen Pdf

For more than half a century, grizzly bears roamed free in the national parks without causing a human fatality. Then in 1967, on a single August night, two campers were fatally mauled by enraged bears -- thus signaling the beginning of the end for America's greatest remaining land carnivore. Night of the Grizzlies, Olsen's brilliant account of another sad chapter in America's vanishing frontier, traces the causes of that tragic night: the rangers' careless disregard of established safety precautions and persistent warnings by seasoned campers that some of the bears were acting "funny"; the comforting belief that the great bears were not really dangerous -- would attack only when provoked. The popular sport that summer was to lure the bears with spotlights and leftover scraps -- in hopes of providing the tourists with a show, a close look at the great "teddy bears." Everyone came, some of the younger campers even making bold enough to sleep right in the path of the grizzlies' known route of arrival. This modern "bearbaiting" could have but one tragic result…

Author : Lee H. Whittlesey
Publisher : Roberts Rinehart
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781570984518

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Death in Yellowstone by Lee H. Whittlesey Pdf

The chilling tome that launched an entire genre of books about the often gruesome but always tragic ways people have died in our national parks, this updated edition of the classic includes calamities in Yellowstone from the past sixteen years, including the infamous grizzly bear attacks in the summer of 2011 as well as a fatal hot springs accident in 2000. In these accounts, written with sensitivity as cautionary tales about what to do and what not to do in one of our wildest national parks, Whittlesey recounts deaths ranging from tragedy to folly—from being caught in a freak avalanche to the goring of a photographer who just got a little too close to a bison. Armchair travelers and park visitors alike will be fascinated by this important book detailing the dangers awaiting in our first national park.

Author : C.W. Guthrie,Ann Fagre,Dan Fagre
Publisher : Farcountry Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-06
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781560377078

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Death & Survival in Glacier National Park by C.W. Guthrie,Ann Fagre,Dan Fagre Pdf

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Author : Joseph R. Evans
Publisher : Big Earth Publishing
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9781555664404

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Death, Despair, and Second Chances in Rocky Mountain National Park by Joseph R. Evans Pdf

Nobody thought much of it when twelve-year-old Robert Baldeshwiler hiked out ahead of his family on the Flat-top Mountain Trail. But he would never be seen alive again. Each year, millions of people like the Baldeshwiler family come to Rocky Mountain National Park expecting nothing but a fine vacation. However, between the years of 1884 and 2009, almost three hundred people have died in the park. From taking sudden falls off steep trails, to sliding down treacherous snow fields to deadly rocks below, visitors have found out the hard way that the park is still a wild place full of potential hazards. Book jacket.

Author : Randi Minetor
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781493038794

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Death in Rocky Mountain National Park by Randi Minetor Pdf

Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park welcomes more than 4 million visitors every year, but this jewel of America’s parks has seen more than its fair share of deaths among its tourists. More than 70 people have perished attempting to climb Longs Peak, the park’s tallest mountain—some of whom vanished into the wilderness, never to be found. Thousand-foot falls from high rock ledges, hypothermia, avalanches that bury climbers, lightning strikes, a historic flood, and even plane crashes are among the ways that park visitors have met a bad end. Author Randi Minetor also provides tips for staying alive and safe in the Rocky Mountains.

Author : Randi Minetor
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781493028948

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Death in Zion National Park by Randi Minetor Pdf

Morbid, but strangely fascinating accounts In 2015, a group of seven hikers were killed when a sudden flood struck Keyhole Canyon in Zion National Park. Prior to that, the steep, narrow route to Angels Landing led to at least five fatalities. Numerous people have found that high, exposed places in Zion—such as rim trails—are bad places to be in lightning storms. Death in Zion National Park collects some of the most gripping accounts in park history of the unfortunate events caused by natural forces or human folly.

Author : Michael Patrick Ghiglieri,Charles R. Farabee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : STANFORD:36105128357253

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Off the Wall by Michael Patrick Ghiglieri,Charles R. Farabee Pdf

Accounts of all known fatal mishaps in Yosemite National Park.

Author : Charles R. Farabee
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2005-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781589791824

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Death, Daring, and Disaster by Charles R. Farabee Pdf

375 exciting tales of heroism and tragedy drawn from the nearly 150,000 search and rescue missions carried out by the National Park Service since 1872.

Author : Randi Minetor
Publisher : Down East Books
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781608939107

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Death in Acadia by Randi Minetor Pdf

Maine Acadia National Park is one of the most visited national parks in the United States. It is an adventure seeker's paradise. Hiking, climbing, snowshoeing, back-country skiing, and ice-climbing are among the activities pursued there; as well as the less extreme sight seeing along the Park Road and Atlantic coast. Death in Acadia gathers the stories of fatalities that have occurred in the park, from falls to exposure to cardiac arrest--even getting swept out to sea--and presents dozens of misadventures.

Author : Randi Minetor
Publisher : Lyons Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 1493038788

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Death in Rocky Mountain Nation by Randi Minetor Pdf

"A collection of stories about park visitors who have died in Rocky Mountain National Park."--

Author : Christine Carbo
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476775470

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Mortal Fall by Christine Carbo Pdf

"Glacier National Park police officer Monty Harris knows that each summer at least one person--be it a reckless, arrogant climber or a distracted hiker--will meet tragedy in the park. But Paul 'Wolfie' Sedgewick's fatal fall from the sheer cliffs near Going-To-the-Sun Road is incomprehensible. Wolfie was an experienced and highly regarded wildlife biologist who knew all too well the perils that Glacier's treacherous terrain presents--and how to avoid them. The case, so close to home, has frayed park employee emotions. Yet calm and methodical lead investigator Monty senses in his gut that something isn't right"--

Author : Michael Patrick Ghiglieri,Thomas M. Myers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Accidents
ISBN : 0984785809

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Over the Edge by Michael Patrick Ghiglieri,Thomas M. Myers Pdf

Gripping accounts of all known fatal mishaps in the most famous of the World's Natural Wonders.

Author : Randi Minetor
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781493018086

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Historic Glacier National Park by Randi Minetor Pdf

Historic Glacier National Park captures the most interesting moments in the park’s history, the slices of life in northwestern Montana that provide an idea of what life was like for those who chose to explore this gloriously beautiful snowy corner of the United States. There’s the presence of Native Americans in nearly every aspect of the park’s history, the significant influence of the Great Northern Railway as a leader as the park gained its footing, and people who made history in this astonishing Rocky Mountain landscape. Once Congress decided to make Glacier a national park, developers created hotels, chalets, campgrounds, residences, and the most spectacularly scenic road in the United States. Historic Glacier National Park provides just enough of this rich history to make the experience of visiting the park better than expected.