Posts Tagged: search and rescue

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2
Oct 11

ESAR is hiring new volunteers!

King County Explorer Search and Rescue King County Explorer Search and Res­cue is a 100% vol­un­teer orga­ni­za­tion, so there’s really not hir­ing involved, just recruit­ment of peo­ple who are inter­ested in help­ing oth­ers & sav­ing lives.

ESAR only accepts new mem­bers dur­ing it’s train­ing sea­son, and the 2011–2012 train­ing sea­son has begun. You can see new dates posted on www.kcesar.org, so get your back­packs and come out to training!

I’m often asked is: how does it work? Is it super time con­sum­ing? See my answer & last year’s grad­u­a­tion slideshow after the jump.

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26
Nov 10

Backcountry Rescurer now online

Happy Thanks­giv­ing every­one! While you’re chomp­ing your turkey left­overs, take a moment and head over to Back­county Res­curer and check it out.www.backcountryrescurer.com

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23
Nov 10

Rescue on Valhalla Treverse

Win­ter is here! Seat­tle was blan­keted today in it’s first snow of the sea­son. I’m dream­ing about ice climb­ing and can’t wait to get out there.

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25
Oct 10

Avalanche Lessons & SAR

Last April, King County Explorer Search & Res­cue helped local avalanche instruc­tor / guide, Dan Otter, after being caught in an avalanche near Sno­qualmie Pass.

On Octo­ber 26, 2010, Dan will share his per­sonal account of the inci­dent at Feath­ered Friends @ 7 PM. Con­tinue read­ing “Avalanche Lessons & SAR” »

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29
Sep 10

Join King County Search & Rescue

King County Explorer Search and RescueInter­ested in help­ing oth­ers? Love the out­doors? Live near Seat­tle, Wash­ing­ton? Come join King County Search and Res­cue (ESAR)!

King County Search and Res­cue is 100% vol­un­teer orga­ni­za­tion. It sur­vives only by peo­ple will­ing to donate their time and money. Our vol­un­teers range from every age (must be at least 14 years old) and back­ground. Our train­ing sees expe­ri­enced out­door enthu­si­asts and folks who’ve never camped before. There is some­thing for every­one and so don’t let expe­ri­ence, time com­mit­ment, or abil­ity deter you.

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17
Sep 10

Perceptions on Climbing & SAR

As a climber and a SAR vol­un­teer, the major­ity of peo­ple I see get­ting hurt or lost are aver­age hik­ers going out for a day hike or back­pack trip. Many of them are unpre­pared for the out­ing, such as not car­ry­ing the 10 essen­tials. If you get hurt or lost, please know that search and res­cue efforts in Wash­ing­ton are free. In fact, King County’s SAR units are non-profit orga­ni­za­tions which are 100% voun­teer run. If you need help and have cell cov­er­age, you can call 911.

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interwebs don't lie / search & rescue — No Comments
17
Sep 10

Man caught in storm

In August, we were called on a SAR mis­sion to help an over­due hiker near the Neck­lace Val­ley region. As SAR mem­bers were prepar­ing to go into the field, they recieved word that John had found his way back out of the back­coun­try and hitched a ride to North Bend. Below is a let­ter he sent into a local paper. This sort of out­pour­ing of kind­ness from ran­dom strangers is just one of the rea­sons why search and res­cue is such a reward­ing experience.

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6
Aug 10

BASE jumper 911 call released

“Remem­ber, peo­ple will judge you by your actions, not your inten­tions. You may have a heart of gold — but so does a hard-boiled egg.”

(via king5)