Earlier this morning I overheard that a missing hiker we’re looking for has been found deceased. Unrelated, there’s an additional missing person we’ve spent a
Tag: backpacking
a taste of the sierra high route and tips to remember
My friend and I took off for a section of the Sierra High Route last week and got back in the wee hours yesterday. The
i don’t like heights, just to be honest with you
There’s an inherent problem with fear-of-heights (acrophobia) and mountain rescue. Like a lifeguard who’s afraid of water, there exists a constant and underlying carrier signal
WFR vs WEMT (Wilderness First Responder vs Wilderness EMT) for search and rescue
note: There’s a follow up post to this, as well. As I study my WEMT material, I’m pondering the differences between the two courses thus far.
the evolution of my sar packing
Mono Search and Rescue got called a few days in the early afternoon and we finished up around 0500 the next day: roughly 14 hours
maps for the mammoth / june / eastern sierra (mono/inyo/yosemite)
I looked at my rather beefy selection of local maps and thought it might help some others figure out what they could use. For reference,
Mammoth Guy 