When Pete Absolon, the Rocky Mountain director of NOLS, set out for a climb in Wyoming's Wind River Range, life couldn't have been better. A deadly mistake by another man ended it all in an ...

There’s a fine line between learning from the mistakes of others and shaming people for their ignorance. Twelve people have died in avalanches in the United States this winter, including an expert ...

When I was working with a Kenyan outdoor instructor in Wyoming’s Wind River Range a couple of decades ago, he surprised me one day by saying, “Hiking here feels like a walk in the park.” With armed ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Casper, Wyo. — Tears in his eyes, an Iraq war veteran recounted for the first time publicly the desperate remorse he felt after tossing a large rock off a ...

LANDER (AP) - A man who died in a climbing accident over the weekend has been identified as Pete Absolon, the Rocky Mountain director of the National Outdoor Leadership School in Lander. Bruce Palmer, ...

ASPER, Wyo. — Tears in his eyes, an Iraq war veteran recounted for the first time publicly the desperate remorse he felt after tossing a large rock off a cliff that killed a climber below. “I’d do ...

If prevention is the best medicine, the disease-themed thriller “Absolon” (9 tonight, Sci Fi) is best avoided. This action-packed silliness unfolds in the not-too-distant future, when the human race ...