The Southington FD credited recent training and grant funding for helping them safely evacuate an injured hiker Thursday ...

Pilot Mountain Rescue and EMS photo A hiker from the Charlotte area was hospitalized in critical condition Sunday after falling more than 50 feet from an icy cliff at Pilot Mountain State Park ...

When did you first grapple up an icy cliff? It was in the Catskills, 15 years ago. I thought, “There’s no way I’m gonna climb up this, like, frozen tube of ice.” And then I did it, and it was awesome ...