Showing posts with label wilderness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wilderness. Show all posts

August 8, 2010

Let's hope they don't want to come to a lake in Montana

Two escaped inmates and their accomplice are apparently hiding in Yellowstone Park. I think the writers of Prison Break just managed to squeeze another season out that tired concept with this story. Since Yellowstone spans Wyoming and Montana, lets hope they don't decide to come up north and hide near the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The search for two men who escaped from a private Arizona prison and their suspected accomplice has turned to the vast Yellowstone National Park area after one of the inmates was linked to a double homicide in New Mexico and efforts to find them intensified.

The U.S. Marshals Service said Sunday information developed within the past two days indicates Tracy Province, John McCluskey and Casslyn Welch may be hiding in portions of the park that span Montana and Wyoming. The agency also said investigators believe Province has separated from McCluskey and Welch.

It doesn't appear any of the three are expert campers or have wilderness survival skills, said Thomas Henman, supervisory deputy with the U.S. Marshals Service in Phoenix.


No survival skills? Anyone want to take odds on if they get eaten by a bear or not?

December 8, 2008

Man vs. Wild: Wild wins this round


A true wilderness badass, Bear Grylls was injured on Friday while in Antartica.

The British adventurer fell and injured his shoulder while taking part in an expedition for Ethanol Ventures to promote the potential of alternative energies like bioethanol, Discovery said in a statement.

Grylls on Sunday was headed to the U.K. to get medical attention. The severity of the injury wasn't immediately released.

"Bear has a strong religious faith and a loving family to help speed his recovery," Discovery said. "Our thoughts and prayers are with Bear as he makes the long trip back to the U.K."

Apparently he was on an expedition to raise money for Global Angels.

Global Angels, an international charity that champions the needs of children. Grylls has supported the charity for the past few years.


Well, Wild may have won this round. But we'll have to see about the next. Oh, and Bear still has the coolest name, and wears the coolest pants on his adventures.