Summer Backcountry Safety:
A handout on staying safe
in the mountains.
Knots, including the Radium Release Hitch and Roped Rescue:
From the China
Lake Mountain Rescue Group. Look especially at figure
7.
From the Bay
Area SAR Council (BASARC) web site. See pages 11 and 12 (pdf pages
14 and 15).
From the Alaska
Mountain Rescue Group. This is the original Rigging for Rescue
version, an excellent reference.
LED Headlamp review:
Review of several different LED
headlamps that might be nice for use in SAR work by John Sohl.
This is dated now, but the information is still of possible use.
How to make your own four LED
headlamp retrofit bulb.
Rock Climbing:
Climbing
Dictionary.
Splat
Calculator (Calculates the "ideal" speed and impact from
a free fall climbing fall.)
Salt Lake Climbers
Alliance (Information about local climbing.)
Utah Laws protecting SAR work:
I have compiled a list from the Utah state code of laws
that protect SAR volunteers.
Utah Search and Rescue:
Utah Search and Rescue
teams statewide have a common web site available here.
National SAR standards:
National SAR standards are
being drawn up and considered, follow the link to learn more.
Mountain Rescue Association:
We are a member of the Mountain
Rescue Association. All mountain SAR people should visit the MRA site once in a while.
Other Links of Interest:
Check avalanche conditions at http:www.avalanche.org
Home page for the Salt Lake
County Utah SAR team.
2005 Cops on Top ELBRUS
Memorial Expedition WCSSAR
team member Lane McPheeters is participating. Here
is a press release and more information about this expedition.
Latest news: Hear the audio
report of the successful summit on 8/15/05.
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