Cold Water Secrets Revealed
Notes on comfort, survival and the gear you want on BC’s coastal waters and rivers. Words :: Feet Banks Forget cold plunging, the secret to having real fun in, on…
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Search and Rescue
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Who Will You Share the Mountain With?
For Open Mountain Month, a new short film highlights an exemplary SAR organization that goes beyond saving lives in the backcountry.
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Sea to Sky Weather Ops
New snow monitoring in Squamish provides S2S locals with more accurate (and safer) backcountry data.
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Supporting the Rescuers: Rocky Talkie SAR Awards
The backcountry radio brand expands support for North American Search & Rescue (SAR) teams through an annual grant program.
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True Grit: International Ski Patrol Day
Monday February 10 is International Ski Patrol Day and patrollers at every resort deserve the recognition.
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Calling All Search and Rescue Volunteers: Help Those Who Keep Us Safe
Although planning for any kind of outdoor activity in the wilderness is important to stay safe, the situation can quickly unravel. That’s when Search and Rescue (SAR) volunteers, trained and ready for the worst, step in to bring explorers back to safety.
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The Changing Landscape of Search and Rescue
A shifting culture or purely a numbers game? As the old song goes: “When the shit goes dooooowwwn, ya better be ready.” And if you’re not, British Columbia’s Search and…
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This Is Not Your Emergency: Q & A With Search and Rescue Icon Bruce Brink
words :: Drew Wayland // photos :: Courtesy of Bruce Brink. A Whistler search-and-rescue pro talks to ML about saving lives in the Coast Range and the dangers of heroism…
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S.O.S. (Saving our Skins): Five Tales from Coast Mountain Search and Rescue
To honour the dedication and work of our local SAR teams, Mountain Life has compiled a few of the more gnarly rescue tales from the past forty years.
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