The Hiking Demise of Lily Hooper – her situation? scenario? questions of why? how? on a solo hike? of her 2026 tragic death in our Blue Mountains Nattai National Park

This article, now web-book, presents an online review, study and analysis of this true and very sad tale. [NOTE: This upgrade conversion from starting off as a blog article to a web-book, well continues to remain a work-in-progress due to ongoing interest, research and effort. Due apologies to interested readers, so please bear with us.] We attempt to address many […]

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Monthly freak Outdoor Recreation accident (Richard Mills) … “a report will be prepared for the coroner”…yet again?

On a very windy Sunday morning New Zealand rock climber Richard Mills (36) with his climbing buddy tackled one of more than a dozen cliff ‘walls’ off Sublime Point, Leura. But a rock (about 30cm across) dislodged and fell on Mill’s head.  His buddy quickly called emergency services and local Blue Mountains Police Rescue from Katoomba and NSW Ambulance Special […]

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