Search and Rescue Pacific Coast

by Rachel Dresbeck

Overview

The Pacific Coast is home to a beautiful wonderland of recreation. Vast forests, high mountains, stark deserts all beckon the adventurous, whether they are hiking the Pacific Coast Trail, scaling the challenging faces of Yosemite, or out for a day hike along the Columbia Gorge. Yet along with this natural beauty comes risk, even for the most well-prepared. Search and Rescue Pacific Coast collects the stories of the mountaineers, rangers, and ordinary volunteers who step in to help when the terrain and conditions show no mercy. Covering historical and recent events, this collection includes: ·Stories of rescues on Mt. Rainier and Mt. Hood, including two in which the rescue volunteers’ helicopters crashed. ·Dramatic rescues along the Pacific Coast Trail. ·How the oldest volunteer search and rescue organization in the nation rescued 144 hikers from a raging forest fire in Eagle Creek, Oregon. ·The story of a search and rescue veteran who required his own rescue while attempting to help a family trapped by rising floodwaters in California. ·The tale of a woman who was charged with 98 felonies after a dramatic search and rescue operation on the Oregon coast. The grit and determination of these search and rescue volunteers will inspire readers—and give them appreciation for the lessons of the wilderness.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493047499
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	05/01/2020
Pages:	184
Sales rank:	1,104,998
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Rachel Dresbeck writes books about Oregon and now the rest of the West Coast. She also edits science things. She lives on Portland, Oregon, with her husband and their dog, Willa, who tries to rescue anyone who is swimming.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii

The Birth of Seattle Mountain Rescue 1

Mercy Flights and the Origins of Air Ambulance Response 11

The Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit 23

The Mystery of the Death Valley Germans 37

When the Tables are Turned 51

A Rescue on Liberty Ridge 63

How to Get Two People Out of an Ice Cave 72

Avalanche in Backcountry Oregon 80

Big Wall Rescues in Yosemite 89

The OSO Mudslide Rescue and Recovery 100

K9 Pacific Search and Rescue 114

Fire at Eagle Creek 125

The Camp Fire 139

Lost and Found on the Pacific Crest Trail 151

The Rescue of Heather Mounce 161

Acknowledgments 169