Logging Hours in Shallow Water
It is October, and we have just recovered the body of a young man, drowned in now-placid water. The falls are not terribly deep, but today, they prove deep enough. The post Logging Hours in Shallow...
View ArticleCleared for Take-Off
How fitting, then, this song, these lyrics, should play now, as I wait for a plane to take me north, to deep forests and thick nettles to search for a pilot gone three years. The post Cleared for...
View ArticleSelf-Rescue: Riding Bulls at the County Fair
At its finest expression, coup counting means touching an enemy or hitting him with a hand-held “coup stick” while he is alive and, presumably, trying to kill you. The post Self-Rescue: Riding Bulls at...
View ArticleFred in the Forest
In the parallel universe of mountain search and rescue (SAR), some stuff grosses everyone out. The post Fred in the Forest appeared first on Mountain Gazette.
View ArticleThe Shadow Below: A K9 Team Tackles a Lake Search
The boys swam 40 yards from shore through beds of weeds and underwater brush. When the teenager didn’t surface, his panicked friends frantically called for help. The post The Shadow Below: A K9 Team...
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