Hiking News July 2007

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TUESDAY, 31 JULY 2007
	Annual 'Path to Page' Writing and Hiking Event
	Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear's annual Path to Page, a day of writing and hiking, will be on Thursday, August 2, at the Port Oneida Rural Historic District. This workshop will offer an interpretive experience of Port Oneida, through a unique combination of writing and hiking. Leading this event would be Director of Creative Writing at Interlochen Arts Academy, Anne-Marie Oomen, as she tra Read Full Story
MONDAY, 30 JULY 2007
	Body of Missing Hiker Found in Sawtooth Mountains
	The identity of a body found in Idaho's Sawtooth Mountains were confirmed to be that of a hiker who has been missing since July 15. Jon Francis set off for a solo hike that day. After a really long and difficult search from his family, they were finally able to finally locate his body with his personal belongings found in a gully, 1,485 feet below Grand Mogul. Likewise, an examination of hi Read Full Story
FRIDAY, 27 JULY 2007
	Yeshiva Student Dies of Dehydration while Hiking
	A 20-year old Yeshiva student died of dehydration while hiking in Nahal Tze'elim in the Negev desert, Thursday. Four other hikers needed medical attention after almost dehydrating as well. According to the student's friends, he had run off and they lost sight of him. Rescuers were then summoned to the area and were successful in locating the young man, who had already passed away. Follow Read Full Story
THURSDAY, 26 JULY 2007
	Woman Hiker in Hong Kong Gets Robbed & Raped
	Hong Kong - A manhunt was under way in Hong Kong, Thursday, after a woman hiker was robbed and raped by a suspected illegal immigrant from mainland China. The woman was hiking alone on a remote trail in the city's rural Tsuen Wan district Wednesday when she was attacked by the man who raped her then robbed her of cash and her mobile phone. A police spokesman said tactical unit police with s Read Full Story
WEDNESDAY, 25 JULY 2007
	Body of Lonely Planet Author Finally Found
	Lonely Planet's author, Clem Lindenmayer, disappeared for almost three months while hiking near Minya Konka mountain in Sichuan province. His body was finally found on a mountain in the country's remote south-west. According to China's official news agency, the body was found on July 19. Lindenmayer's last contact from his family was around May, when he said in an email to his wife that Read Full Story