Summer 2013 Commercial Fatalities 8/26/13
Posted: September 4, 2013 Filed under: Alaska, Mountaineering, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Whitewater Rafting, Wyoming | Tags: Cambridge, Cedar Hills Utah, Chattooga River, Colorado Springs, Death, Exum Mountain Guides, fatality, Grand Teton, Kenai Peninsula, Mountaineering, Nashville Tennessee, NOVA Alaska, Ocoee River, Ohiopyle State Park, Raft, Tennesee, TN, Whitewater Rafting, Wildwater Ltd, Wyoming, Youghiogheny River 3 CommentsThis list is not guaranteed to be accurate. The information is found from web searches and news dispatches. Those references are part of the chart. If you have a source for information on any fatality please leave a comment or contact me. Thank you.
If this information is incorrect or incomplete please let me know. This is up to date as of August 14, 2013. Thanks.
Rafting, Mountaineering and other summer sports are probably still safer than your kitchen or bathroom. This information is not to scare you away from any activity but to help you understand the risks and to study.
Red is a probable death due to medical issues.
Dark blue is a death of an employee while working.
| Date | Activity | State | Location | What | Age | Sex | Home | Ref |
| 5/27 | Whitewater Rafting | AK |
Kenai Peninsula’s Six Mile Creek, Zig Zag Rapid |
washed out of a boat filled with clients and a guide as they entered rapid |
47 | M | Cambridge, UK | |
| 6/8 | Whitewater Rafting | TN | Chattooga River | boat flipped | 58 | M | Nashville, TN | |
| 6/20 | Mountaineering | WY | Lower Saddle of the Grand Teton | slipped on snowfield and slid | 55 | M | Colorado Springs, CO | |
| 7/3 | Summer Camp | CA | Camp Tawonga | Tree fell | 21 | F | Santa Cruz, CA | http://rec-law.us/16RpK3K & http://rec-law.us/124h7TI |
| 7/6 | Whitewater Rafting | PA | Youghiogheny River, Ohiopyle State Park | Foot entanglement with rope | 22 | M | Lancaster, PA | http://rec-law.us/12dNcIz & http://rec-law.us/1btCuRC |
| 7/9 | Summer Camp | UT | Mt. Dell Scout Ranch, UT | Run over by flat bed truck | 14 | M | Cedar Hills, UT | http://rec-law.us/159p1tz |
| 8/14 | Whitewater Rafting | WV | New River, WV | washed out of boat into “meat grinder” area | 16 | M | Germany | http://rec-law.us/1dfgQl8 |
| 8/24 | Whitewater Rafting | TN | Ocoee River, TN | fell out in Grumpy’s rapid | 52 | F | Rex, GA | http://rec-law.us/17fRPnc & http://rec-law.us/1dJZYTU |
| 8/25 | Whitewater Rafting | TN | Ocoee River, TN | fell out in Grumpy’s rapid | 36 | F | Smyrna, TN | http://rec-law.us/17fRPnc & http://rec-law.us/12FJFmh |
Our condolences go to the families of the deceased. Our thoughts extend to the families and staff at the areas who have to deal with these tragedies.
Overall it has been a low fatality year!
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News May 27, 2013
Posted: May 31, 2013 Filed under: Climbing, Cycling, Mountaineering, Paddlesports, Ski Area, Skiing / Snow Boarding | Tags: Alabama, Arapahoe Basin, California, Cycling, Kenai Peninsula, MISSISSIPPI, Mountaineering, Nebraska, Paddlesports, Six Mile Creek, skiing, YMCA Leave a commentRundown of weekly news that might be of interest!
Legal
The age that minors become adults.
I am constantly writing about the different legal issues of minors, here you can check on what that means for your state.
The age when a minor becomes an adult is currently 18 in 47 states. Alabama and Nebraska state law says an adult is someone who is 19 or older and Mississippi an adult is 21 or older.
There are exceptions for all the laws on minority in each state. A minor can become an adult if they marry, if they are emancipated or by special statutory exceptions.
Against the law now for kids to not pay attention?
Parents sue because kids were playing. Group of kids on a YMCA outing to a miniature golf course were playing around. One kid hit another in the mouth with a golf club and injured the girl. The parents are suing for inadequate supervision.
How many adults would you have to have to keep kids from playing around? 10 kids, 20 adults? The only result of these suits is kids are not going to be taken care of by adults except their parents.
Commercial whitewater fatality on the Kenai Peninsula‘s Six Mile Creek.
Skiing
Vail just got bigger!
Vail resorts just signed a 50 year lease to run The Canyons in Utah. This will make the Vail Season pretty amazing. Nine resorts (the PR forgot about #A-Basin) will be available to season pass holders in three states: CO, UT and CA.
Is resort a fake? Town is
New 23 lift resort has been approved in #BC Canada. Approval was granted by a town council of a town that does not exist…..
Paddlesports
Rituals v. Habits
Great article about how commercial boatman, sometimes pick up habits that become rituals in the Grand Canyon.
If you can call water flowing between concrete walls on a concrete floor a river……
The Los Angeles River is now open to the public again. Or at least 2.5 miles of it.
Training
Future Career or future disability
Training kids too hard to early does not create great athletic prodigies, only injuries.
#Nike has stopped its support for #LiveStrong.
Mountaineering
Climb meaning sitting in you easy chair with a beer
New iOs App allows you to climb Mtn Everest.
One way to get down
Video of a base jump? Paraglide off Mt. Everest
Overachievers!
Not satisfied to climb Mt #Everest once, David Liano Gonzalez climbed it twice, in the same season, once from the South Side (Nepalese) and once from the North Side (Chinese).
It’s still climbing….right?
Companies are considering putting a ladder on the Hilliary Step on Mt. Everest. There is already a ladder on the North side.
Nepal demanding payment for summit broadcast
There are actually rules for climbing Mt. #Everest. One of those is you cannot #broadcast from sacred areas. The summit is a sacred area. Now Nepal wants paid for a broadcast.
OR Business
Things change
#Nike has stopped its support for #LiveStrong.
OR Life
Animals are amazing
Video of amazing ways that animals defend themselves.
Oh, I’m a survivor
What happens after 400 years under a #glacier and the glacier retreats? Well if you are a #Moss you start to grow again.
This is just so wrong
10 Apps for Enjoying the Great Outdoors
Environment
With Glaciers retreating the mountains are coming down also.
Cycling
Infographic for cycling pre-ride checklist.
Mind the Ride
A bike riding group, Denver Cruisers (http://rec-law.us/17t1bOD) which rides every Wednesday night around downtown Denver has created a bicycle awareness campaign.
The campaign is pretty stark, very good and great for a group just not to promote themselves.
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