Download or read book The Falling Season written by Hal Clifford and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 1999-03-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Falling Season is Clifford's thrilling account of an insider's life and time on one of America's premier mountain rescue teams. Giving new voice to the adrenaline rush, he recounts the harrowing moments and the against- the-clock, painstaking procedures of more than a dozen mountain rescues, including 1993's infamous Express Creek crisis and its attendant media circus.
Download or read book Mountain Rescue Team written by Jameson Anderson and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2006 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people do activities in the mountains, such as climbing, hiking, cycling, and skiing. Mountain rescue teams save people who are hurt, lost, or stranded in the mountains.
Download or read book San Gorgonio Search and Rescue Team written by Bob Lehmann and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008-04-30 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In February 1958, a tragic climbing accident occurred on Big Falls, in Forest Falls, California, resulting in the death of a 13-year-old boy. Rescue attempts were futile because there were no experienced personnel or climbing equipment available. As a result of this unfortunate tragedy, the San Bernardino County Sheriffas Department spearheaded a recruitment of volunteers, forming the countyas first mountain search and rescue team. Since that time, the San Gorgonio Search and Rescue Team has performed thousands of searches, rescues, and body recoveries. The organization is the oldest of its kind in San Bernardino County and is proud to have second-generation team members. This book tells the story of these dedicated volunteers through photographs taken by team members and through the stories retold by those who were there.
Download or read book Playing for Real written by Mark Scott-Nash and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Gripping tales of tragedy and triumph in the mountains * Rescue stories through the eyes of a team member * Historical vignettes of Rocky Mountain Rescue on its 60th anniversary * Proceeds from the book go to support Rocky Mountain Rescue Pagers go off all over Boulder and programmers, grad students, accountants-men and women from all walks of life-drop what they are doing, grab their rescue gear, and head for the hills. Someone is in deep trouble in the mountains and the members of Rocky Mountain Rescue are ready to save a life. Playing for Real describes what goes through a rescuer's head, from the excitement of the initial ring of the pager to searching for and finding victims. The rescuer will share with you the challenges of stabilizing and preparing a critically injured victim for evacuation-moving the victim to emergency vehicles (sometimes down hundreds of feet of rock wall), and often dealing with death in remote, difficult terrain. Playing for Real is an evocation of the mountain rescue experience, a history of one of the finest mountain rescue groups in the country, and a celebration of 60 years of saving lives in the backcountry. Royalties from the sale of the book go directly to support the continuing operation of Rocky Mountain Rescue.
Download or read book Heroic Efforts written by Jennifer Lois and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2003-04 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2006 Outstanding Recent Contribution Award from the American Sociological Association, Sociology of Emotions Section Many search and rescue workers voluntarily interrupt their lives when they are called upon to help strangers. They awake in the middle of the night to cover miles of terrain in search of lost hikers or leave work to search potential avalanche zones for missing skiers, snowboarders, and snowmobilers in blizzard conditions. They often put their own lives in danger to rescue stranded, hypothermic kayakers and rafters from rivers. Drawing on six years of participant observation and in-depth interviews, Jennifer Lois examines the emotional subculture of “Peak,” a volunteer mountain-environment search and rescue team. Rescuers were not only confronted by physical dangers, but also by emotional challenges, including both keeping their own emotions in check during crisis situations, and managing the emotions of others, such as those they were rescuing. Lois examines how rescuers constructed meaning in their lives and defined themselves through their heroic work. Heroic Efforts serves as an easy to understand sociological introduction to the ways emotions develop and connect us to our surroundings, as well as to the links between the concept of heroism and other sociological theories such as those on gender stereotypes and edgework.
Download or read book Avalanche Search and Rescue written by Alexis Alloway and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Found written by Bree Loewen and published by Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2017-03-27 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This is a truly inspirational book about the incredible people who risk their lives to save others.” --Sadie Trombetta, Bustle Mountain search-and-rescue volunteer Bree Loewen’s to-do list isn’t quite the same as most people’s. On any given day, it might include: Go grocery shopping Bake pie seen on Pinterest Figure out what to do with my life Rescue climbers caught in avalanche on Chair Peak Pick up Vivi at Mom’s A former Mount Rainier climbing ranger and trained leader in mountain search-and-rescue, Bree shares the drama and the camaraderie of this work, as well as the challenges of trying to fit her other roles as wife and mother into what is still largely a masculine environment. In a fearless voice—disarming yet laced with dark humor—Bree guides us through intense recoveries, vivid wilderness landscapes, and the warmth she discovers in motherhood, community, and purpose.
Download or read book Dangerous Mountain Rescue written by Christy Barritt and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From USA TODAY Bestselling Author Christy Barritt Finding a missing girl depends on a K-9 and his handler. Erin Lansing will search every inch of the mountains to find her missing teen daughter—even with someone dead-set on stopping her. Teaming up with search-and-rescue K-9 handler Dillon Walker and his dog, Scout, is her only chance at living long enough to see her daughter again. But to save them all, can Dillon and Scout help Erin confront the dangerous truth about her past? From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith. K-9 Search and Rescue Book 1: Desert Rescue by Lisa Phillips Book 2: Desert Rescue & Trailing a Killer & Mountain Survival by Carol J. Post Book 3: Desert Rescue & Trailing a Killer & Mountain Survival by Christy Barritt Book 4: Search and Defend by Heather Woodhaven Book 5: Following the Trail by Lynette Eason Book 6: Dangerous Mountain Rescue by Christy Barritt
Download or read book Mountains Don t Care But We Do written by Dee Molenaar and published by Mountain Rescue. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mountains of the Pacific Northwest are legendary among mountaineers and hikers worldwide, just as the mountain rescue groups who serve the Pacific Northwest have become legendary over the last 50 years. Book jacket.
Download or read book Mountain Rescue Teams written by n/a and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the job of a mountain rescue worker, including the necessary skills, training, and equipment.
Download or read book No Individual Heroes written by Karen Mollica Risch and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-31 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed history of the OMRT from its foundings in the early 1970s to 2018. Covers development, names of members and volunteers, and anecdotes of harrowing rescue operations.
Download or read book Mountain Responder written by Steve Achelis and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As commander of the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Search and Rescue Team, Steve Achelis participated in hundreds of mountain rescues that frequently made the evening news. In Mountain Responder Steve takes the reader along on these life-and-death rescues as he and his teammates dig people out of avalanches, hang on a thin cable below a helicopter, and rescue climbers stuck on rock walls. Threaded throughout these unforgettable rescues, Steve shares the exhilaration of saving a life, the fears and uncertainties during the struggle to keep a patient alive, as well as the doubts and second-guessing when someone doesn't make it.
Download or read book Mountain Rescue Doctor written by Christopher Van Tilburg and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-11-13 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An emergency wilderness physician and member of the Hood River Crag Rats rescue operation presents a series of rescue and recovery stories, offering insight into emergency wilderness medicine and the physical demands placed on its practitioners.
Download or read book Mountain Rescuer written by William David Thomas and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the tasks and responsibilities of a mountain rescuer, and lists the skills and equipment needed for the job.
Download or read book Mountain Rescue written by Sandra Owens and published by Carina Press. This book was released on 2021-12-28 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman on the run. A wounded SEAL who wants to become invisible. Two strangers, one mountain cabin. The sole witness to a murder, stuntwoman Rachel Denning thought she’d found the perfect hideout in a remote cabin just outside Asheville, North Carolina. Until a strange man appears in her bedroom. After a few terrifying moments, she realizes it’s a mix-up—he’s not there to kill her—and Rachel finds herself with an unexpected protector in the form of a navy SEAL. Dallas Manning is just trying to recover. After being rescued from the Taliban, he’s on extended leave. Finding his mountain retreat occupied by a gorgeous knife-wielding stranger isn’t part of his recovery plan, and neither is training dogs. But an old friend enlists him to help train service dogs for veterans, and Dallas recognizes himself in Bella, a dog rescued from a bad situation. All Dallas wants is to be left alone so he can get his head straight, but Rachel stirs his protective instincts. Being trapped together makes it impossible to ignore their growing attraction, but neither of them can outrun their pasts. They’ll have to find a way forward together or risk losing it all. "With realistic characters, witty banter, a well-written storyline, and a bit of action thrown in, Keeping Guard will draw readers in from the first page until the last." —Harlequin Junkie Operation K-9 Brothers Book 1: Operation K-9 Brothers Book 2: Keeping Guard Book 3: Mountain Rescue K-9 Defenders Book 1: In His Protection Book 2: Her Delta Force Protector Book 3: To Hold and Protect
Download or read book Support the Last Resort written by Jason R. Fortenbacher and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographer Jason Fortenbacher has captured the intense training that the Snohomish County Helicopter Rescue Team undergoes year round through his inspirational pictures. "Support the Last Resort" tells the behind the scenes story of what it takes to keep a world class helicopter rescue team proficient on the complexity of high altitude mountain rescue. The net proceeds of this book go directly to the Team in order to enable their life-saving mission.
Download or read book Critical Hours written by Sandy Stott and published by University Press of New England. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A misread map, a sudden storm, a forgotten headlampÑand suddenly a leisurely hike turns into a treacherous endeavor. In the past decade, inexpensive but sophisticated navigation devices and mobile phones have led to alarming levels of overconfidence on the trail. Adding to this worrisome trend, the increasing popularity of ventures into mountainous terrain has led hikers seeking solitudeÑor an adrenaline rushÑinto increasingly remote or risky forays. Sandy Stott, the ÒAccidentsÓ editor at the journal of the Appalachian Mountain Club, delivers both a history and a celebration of the search and rescue workers who save countless lives in the White MountainsÑalong with a plea for us not to take their steadfastness and bravery for granted. Filled with tales of astonishing courage and sobering tragedy, Critical Hours will appeal to outdoor enthusiasts and armchair adventurers alike.
