With the recent avalanche activity and the related need for SAR help. I’ve been thinking about SAR and how it works. I’ve got 0 knowledge with it but it seems I’ve got opinions. To me it looks like one of those thankless/thoughtless/ jobs unless they are needed. Who s SAR? I mean not the caravan that shows up, but individually. I’m assuming they are among us or close to us. Are there processes within the SAR that really are amazing or could they be better? Who oversees the SAR activities when an emergency occurs? Are there inadequacies within the ranks that might slow things down or are they the best of the best?
I’ll admit, Im semi-ignorant about it so I’m asking from those that are a part of it or have needed help. I spend a ton of my free time in or as close to the backcountry as possible on purpose and have for the better part of my life. I have a mindset of if I get into something, I better have already thought about how to get out. Not sure the reason I point that out, maybe my thoughts are I don’t want an entourage of 50 people with me on their mind, but my wife/family might think its not enough.
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I’ll admit, Im semi-ignorant about it so I’m asking from those that are a part of it or have needed help. I spend a ton of my free time in or as close to the backcountry as possible on purpose and have for the better part of my life. I have a mindset of if I get into something, I better have already thought about how to get out. Not sure the reason I point that out, maybe my thoughts are I don’t want an entourage of 50 people with me on their mind, but my wife/family might think its not enough.
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