15 Search and Rescue Stories: an insider's view on survival, death, and volunteer heroes who tip the balance when things fall apart. Excerpted from 75 SAR Stories. (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

This abbreviated version of 75 Search and Rescue Stories contains 22 of the 88 chapters and 55 of 150 photos in the full version. Entropy is a law of nature, the one predicting that "things fall apart." Spend enough time outdoors and it will eventually happen to you. When it does, who will pick up the pieces? Who will glue them back together? Professional search and rescue volunteers leave work, home, and their cozy beds to rescue people on the worst day of their lives. They buy their own gear, pay their own gas, and ask nothing more than to make a contribution to the lives of strangers who they'll probably never meet again. These detailed first-hand stories, intimately told by 12-year SAR veteran and university writing instructor Shaun Roundy, capture the essence of how it feels to be in the middle of a rescue with one of the world's best and busiest volunteer teams - from both the victims' and rescuers' perspectives.