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Welcome to another edition of Survival Weekly, where the real wilderness survival “reality show” plays out everyday, in the wild places around our world. These unscripted stories will give you insight to the true threats and challenges you may face in your outdoor pursuits. So sit back, relax, and read on to get a dose of reality to sharpen your most valuable survival tool. – BPO

Featured – 

Four days, three nights. Utah man toughs it out – http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/09/15/utah-man-brush-lost-woods-survival/72297360/

Video of highlights CSAR program – http://globalnews.ca/news/2205207/inside-the-reality-of-search-and-rescue/

News – 

Tidewater celebrates 30 year anniversary!! – http://wydaily.com/2015/09/15/local-news-tidewater-search-and-rescue/

CAP cell phone forensics team receives award – http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2015/09/04/cap-saves-lives-search-rescue-missions-earns-commanders-award/71724894/

Water Safety – 

Missing kayaker found – http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/fire-crews-searching-for-missing-kayaker-on-reservoir

Body of kayaker recovered – http://www.islandecho.co.uk/news/search-and-rescue-operation-underway-in-sandown-bay

Man overboard – http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/search-rescue-shediac-bay-1.3222109

Coast Guard searches for boater – http://abc7news.com/news/coast-guard-searches-for-sf-man-reported-missing-from-angel-island/973499/

Water SAR – http://www.local10.com/news/rescue-crews-search-pompano-beachs-intercoastal-waterway/35377306

Catalina SAR for boater – http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-catalina-boat-crash-search-20150907-story.html

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Hiking – 

Lost & Injured hikers rescued –

• http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/20150901_Mule_team_assists_with_hiker_rescue_at_Volcanoes_National_Park.html?id=323805511
• https://www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/news/news/South_Okanagan/15/09/02/Multiple_Search_Teams_Help_Rescue_Three_Men_from_Manning_Park
• http://www.marinscope.com/news_pointer/news/marin-county-search-and-rescue-team-helps-find-injured-hiker/article_05a6ec30-50c8-11e5-90c9-4b2fa75ef6de.html
• http://www.kob.com/article/stories/s3895288.shtml#.Vf9fu9-6fIX
• http://crestedbuttenews.com/2015/09/spot-locator-activated-close-to-maroon-pass-initiates-rescue/
• http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/north-shore-rescue-seeing-spike-in-calls-during-long-weekend-1.3217415
• http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=81422
• http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/71825004/search-and-rescue-volunteers-battle-rough-conditions-to-save-trampers
• http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/search-and-rescue-crews-help-injured-hiker-near-af-canyon/article_1349cd7e-5aaf-5e8f-9fbf-3ad33f147221.html
• http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-county-news/ci_28774623/search-missing-eldorado-canyon-hiker-resumes-fourth-day
• http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/d39832764ddd42a6adf1e8aa1e84fe26/UT–Missing-Hiker-Draper
• http://lompocrecord.com/news/local/sb-county-men-assist-with-rescue-in-sierra-national-forest/article_8a879233-f4cc-5bef-9488-28ff1ae9950f.html
• http://www.thegoldenstar.net/breaking_news/327416941.html
• http://democratherald.com/news/local/toledo-man-s-body-recovered-in-gordon-meadows-area/article_e12a4025-9045-5aa8-990b-2e3879849ce3.html
• http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/Combined-Search-and-Rescue-help-hikers-on-Transmountain-204232.shtml#.Vf9Xu9-6fIU
• http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/metro-rescues-injured-hiker-ice-box-canyon
• http://www.kamloopsbcnow.com/watercooler/news/news/Shuswap/15/09/18/Kamloops_Search_and_Rescue_Looking_for_Missing_Person_Near_Adams_Lake/

Hunter-gatherer – 

Missing hunter – http://www.newsminer.com/news/local_news/search-continues-for-fairbanks-man-missing-from-hunting-camp/article_810cb02e-5d9a-11e5-8a67-bbfd0fa03cc1.html

Body of missing hunter recovered – http://www.steamboattoday.com/news/2015/sep/11/body-missing-hunter-located/

Gold miners rescued – http://www.mynews4.com/news/local/story/WATCH-VIDEO-CHP-rescues-gold-miners-near-Lake/35Ot_wCDr0GS_u8KU5fA4A.cspx

Image: https://www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/news/news/South_Okanagan/15/09/02/Multiple_Search_Teams_Help_Rescue_Three_Men_from_Manning_Park

Climbing – 

Climbing accident – http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/rangers-rescue-man-who-fell-feet-off-middle-teton/article_5ca1875a-fa19-5686-a305-04180a7ecb9f.html

Vehicles – 

 Driver survives wreck in remote area for a week – http://m.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11511656

PLB signals rescue of motorcyclist – http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/distress-beacon-saves-injured-motorbiker-in-remote-goldfields-rescue/story-fnhocxo3-1227533290216

SAR initiated for stranded motorists – http://infotel.ca/newsitem/search-and-rescue-called-out-for-two-people-lost-south-of-kamloops/it23161

Injured mountain biker rescued – http://www.castanet.net/news/West-Kelowna/147299/Smith-Creek-rescue

Small plane crash kills five – http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20150907/NEWS01/150909699/-1/s/5-die-in-plane-crash-near-Cascade-Creek-

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