A North Carolina district attorney will not press charges i n the case of a 12-year-old who died after wilderness camp staff ...

A 12-year-old camper died during his first night at Trails Carolina after he was confined in a one-person tent he could not ...

An emergency blanket or bivy sack is also a good idea. The weather conditions will also dictate what other times you pack, ...

As well as being thoroughly satisfying to say out loud, bivouac is usually shortened by us English-speaking lot to bivy. Bivy, in turn, has become a term for a kind of lightweight shelter favored by ...

A missing woman’s cries for help led to her rescue after 12 hours in “frigid” overnight conditions, California sheriff’s ...

Clark Joseph Harman, of New York, was found unresponsive by counselors at the adolescent behavioral therapy camp in February ...

In accordance with the camp’s protocol, the boy had been “placed to sleep in a bivy (small camping enclosure) with a sleeping mat and sleeping bag,” the autopsy report stated. “It should ...

Some of the highest unclimbed peaks lie in remote or restricted areas inaccessible to international expeditions -- but not to ...

Counselors stationed in the cabin that night understood that Harman was agitated about being required to sleep in a small camping enclosure called a bivy, but didn’t think he was suffering any medical ...

Consider using an inflatable sleeping pad; it offers comfort while keeping weight low. Don’t overlook a reliable emergency blanket or bivy sack as backup options. They’re incredibly light and can ...

Less than 24 hours after arriving at the camp, the boy had been found dead from asphyxiation in a single-person tent called a ...