
Search and Rescue
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Search and Rescue combines hard science and a gripping narrative to analyze the relationship between risk and reward in the mountains, and in daily life. Author and mountain rescue doctor Van Tilburg's tragic, sudden, life-altering accident on Oregon's Mount Hood, where he has saved countless lives himself, provides the springboard for a deep, complex story on how risk is essential to success, personal fulfillment, and wellness in our lives. But it is also a cautionary tale, from a mountain rescue doctor's perspective, on how to mitigate risk and maximize safety to avoid dire consequences.
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A frequent contributor to medical and non-medical publications, Dr. Van Tilburg is Editor Emeritus of Wilderness Medicine and Editor-in-Chief of Travel Medicine News. He is an active member of Crag Rats mountain rescue team and serves as chair of Mountain Rescue Association Medical Committee.
He has published eleven books. His memoir, Mountain Rescue Doctor: Wilderness Medicine in the Extremes of Nature,was a finalist for Oregon Book Awards and Banff Festival of Mountain Books and was a Reader's Digest Editors' Pick. Adrenaline Junkie's Bucket List: 100 Extreme Outdoor Adventures to do Before You Die was awarded the Far West Ski Association's Bill Berry Award. For his editing and volunteering, Dr. Van Tilburg has been honored by the Wilderness Medical Society with the Dian Simpkins Award for Service in 2011, the Haiti Humanitarian Research Award in 2013, and the Wilderness Medical Society Ice Axe Award for Service in 2014.
For more information, visit www.christophervantilburg.com.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Author's Note
- Prologue. Shock Trauma
- Part One. Truth or Dare on Mount Hood
- Chapter One. Zero Dark Storm
- Chapter Two. Blackout
- Chapter Three. Guardians of the Mountain
- Chapter Four. Wy'East and Pahto Fistfight in Heaven
- Chapter Five. Life, Interrupted
- Chapter Six. Ten Fatal Seconds
- Chapter Seven. Lost, Lived, Found
- Part Two. Double Down in the Columbia River Gorge
- Chapter Eight. A Most Dangerous Walk
- Chapter Nine. Back into the Mountains
- Chapter Ten. Family Goes Deep, Falls Deeper
- Chapter Eleven. Resilience
- Chapter Twelve. Great Storm King
- Chapter Thirteen. The Culture of Responsibility
- Chapter Fourteen. Into the Abyss
- Coda. Haiti in the Time of Cholera
- Postscript
- About the Author
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