Chimney Top Rock x 3D

I scanned news articles from around the state as well as Ohio, to see how the deaths stack up at Chimney Top. The Forest Service reported that between 1960 and 2005, there were 73 reported deaths in Red River Gorge. 19 of those were via falls from Chimney Top Rock. Over the next 11 years, news outlets report another 4 or 5 from atop the rock, including 3 in 2016 alone. In those 8 years, 12 died in the gorge that were reported in the local news, as well as an additional 2 bodies decayed to just bones were found in the gorge.

Red River Gorge, HikeChristopher MorrisJanuary 8, 2019Hike, hikingComment

Arch Trip Vol 1

Kentucky’s arches and natural bridges have taken thousands and thousands of years to evolve and are still evolving through our lifetimes, though in most cases it is not noticeable.

Hike, Red River GorgeBill FultzJanuary 8, 2019arches, Hike, hiking, red river gorgeComment

Be That Girl

Ladies, stop sitting at home looking through your Instagram feed wishing you were “that girl”. BE that girl! Take your adventure into your own hands. If you let fear of the unknown consume you, then you will never know what greatness lies in the outdoors. I believe by properly preparing yourself, there is no destination that cannot be reached by a group of women, or even a woman trekking out into the wild on her own. By preparing yourself, you CAN DO THIS! It's like this; Know your trail. Know your waterway. Know your limits.

Paddle, HikeShara SumnerJanuary 1, 2018women, Hike, hiking, camp Comments

Fall Color Weekend at Pine Mountain Settlement School

Tucked into a beautiful valley on the north side of Pine Mountain in Harlan County, this 100 year-old boarding-school-turned-education-and-retreat-center is worth the effort it takes to get to its remote location.

On Hiking

Writing about the great outdoors is incredibly intimidating when you haveThoreau's Walden and Leopold’s Sand County Almanac at your bedside stand. But here it goes, and I’ll do my best not to murder their legacy with this page out of my sketchbook…

A few months before moving to Kentucky....

Snowshoeing in Red River Gorge

I walked along the roadway until I got to the start of the Gray’s Arch Trail. Even though the trail had already been broken, I put on my snowshoes for added benefit.

HikeDamien HesseFebruary 15, 2016red river gorge, hiking, KentuckyComment

Yahoo Falls

Nestled in the Big South Fork, right outside Whitley City, you can find a waterfall that peaks at 113 feet and releases a beautiful cascade of water after a heavy Kentucky spring rain.

HikeAndrea JasperAugust 17, 2015Kentucky, Waterfalls, Eastern Kentucky University, hiking, Adventure Comment

We Hike Kentucky

Last Friday, I met up with Lauren, who I hiked with a few months back, and Jenny, who I met for the first time. We did a guided hike around the Red River Gorge.

HikeDavid RogersJanuary 22, 2015Hike, hiking Comment

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