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1. Becoming a Search and Rescue Volunteer Are you intrigued by stories about wilderness rescues and searches for missing hikers or mountain climbers? If so, perhaps becoming a Search and Rescue--often referred to as "SAR"--volunteer might just be for you. I've enjoyed and bene...
2. Man-Tracking 101: How To Find And Follow Tracks For Search And Rescue The primary purpose of man-tracking is to determine the lost or missing person's direction of travel, which can greatly reduce the size of the search area. So wouldn't it be nice if all prints were as obvious as this one? But obviously they're not....
3. SARpack: Search & Rescue Gear When I was first training to be a Search and Rescue volunteer, one of the required courses was all about personal safety and gear. Being a well-seasoned hiker and long-distance backpacker, I already had a closet overflowing with packs, sleeping bags,...
4. SAR City: A Search And Rescue Conference in Barstow, California In October, 2009, I attended my first three-day SARCity Conference in Barstow, California. SARCity is organized and run by the Barstow Desert Rescue Squad in cooperation with the San Bernardino County Sheriff, the Office of Emergency Services (OES),...
5. Rock Rescue Academy Part 1: Learning to Rappel I'm no fan of heights, but somehow I wasn't (too) afraid as I backed up off the edge of a long way down under the watchful eyes of my Search & Rescue teammates, some from above, others with the lovely view from below ... thinking to mysel...
6. Rock Rescue Academy Part 2: Learning To Ascend & Rig Anchors That's what they told us in Search & Rescue training. Our instructors--my teammates--told those of us who are new to high-angle rescue that we should never, ever go over a cliff that we can't get back up on our own. They said we can never...
7. Rock Rescue Academy Part 3: Raising Systems Much of the time, technical rescues involve falls, with the rescuers descending to the victim and then raising that person back up in a litter. In this next phase of our Rock Rescue Academy training, new technical team members learned how to package...
8. My Search And Rescue Stories Blog In September, 2007, I began the month-long Basic Academy for the Coconino County, Arizona, Sheriff's Search and Rescue Team. In October, I completed the training and was given my pager. And no sooner than it was placed in my hand, the thing went...
9. Search & Rescue On Twitter: Follow These Good Folks Are you involved with SAR yourself? Or just interested in following people who are? I'm putting together a list of Search & Rescue volunteers and professionals--individuals, teams and organizations--on Twitter, along with their latest tweets...
10. Outfitting For Technical Rescue: The Gear I'm Using In May, 2009, I began training for our Search & Rescue team's technical rescue group in a series of class and field sessions collectively known as the Rock Rescue Academy. Between training sessions, I spent many additional hours practicing th...
11. Rock Rescue Academy Part 4: Learning To Belay If something goes wrong after you've gone over the edge, it sure is nice to have a belay to keep you from going down, fast. In this article, as with the others in my Rock Rescue Academy series, I'm writing from the perspective of one who'...
12. My Search And Rescue Articles, Blogs And Websites The more I participate in Search and Rescue, the more I enjoy it, the more I learn, the more satisfying it is, and the more I read and write about it. So I thought I'd gather together all of my SAR articles (called "lenses" here on Squi...
13. Search and Rescue, Service Dogs, Guide Dogs, Assistance Dogs, & Therapy Pets You've probably seen one. You may even know someone who has one. You may already love one... They are the German Shepherd Search and Rescue dogs that find your loved ones when they are lost. They are the sweet Golden Retrievers that keep the elderly co...
14. Listen To Live Radio Communications Online Being the addicted (or maybe I should say enthusiastic) Search & Rescue volunteer that I am, I like to listen in to our county's SAR frequencies to find out what's going on before our team actually gets called out for a mission. Not to mentio...
15. Losing a Pet is Like Losing a Member of the Family I now am down to one newfy, sweet and totally crazy Feeny, and my little Zoey, the rat terrier, who believes she is a newfy. We had to say goodbye last week to Jenna, just one week shy of her 13th birthday. There is this huge hole in the house, and i...
16. Wilderness Survival and Rescue Reading Ever since I joined a Search & Rescue (SAR) team in September, 2007, I've been reading book after  book about true wilderness survival and SAR stories. I'm an addict, I tell you! In this lens, I'll review and recommend only what...
17. The Use And Misuse Of The SPOT Satellite Messenger Imagine someone calling 9-1-1 from a remote area of Grand Canyon because the water they filtered tastes kind of salty, setting in motion a risky rescue operation. Or what about making the call because your backpacking guide is making strange noises i...
18. Hikers: Common Mistakes to Avoid In Search & Rescue, while each mission is unique, my teammates and I do see a number of common errors, oversights, and decisions that ultimately get people into jams and pickles. And, regrettably, worse. I hesitate to call all of the following &...
19. James Kim The Kim Family story was one that gripped people's attention in late November 2006. The family went missing November 25 when they took a wrong turn traveling home to San Francisco after spending Thanksgiving in Portland. At the time of the story more...
20. Deb Lauman's Creations Hello and thank you for stopping by my Squidoo lensography. (Or one of them, anyway.) I hope you'll stick around and window-shop for a bit and maybe even try a few things on. Here, you'll find all of my lenses (articles, basically, if you ar...