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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 i+n 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 – 

Missing hiker stays warm by hiking all night – http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/lost-hiker-in-teanaway-treks-miles-overnight-to-safety/article_5c6cf468-79a6-11e5-ac34-9f316aa941d3.html

News – 

P-SAR at Pinnacles – http://benitolink.com/pinnacles-national-park-preventative-search-and-rescue-volunteers-needed

K-VRS hiring three positions – http://www.wbir.com/story/money/2015/10/28/knoxville-volunteer-rescue-squad-adds-3-paid-positions/74766068/

PJ’s mission in Afghanistan changing – https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2015/10/27/how-this-elite-air-force-rescue-squadrons-mission-has-evolved-in-afghanistan/

Water Safety –

Whale watching vessel sinks – http://woodtv.com/2015/10/26/canadian-officials-whale-vessel-sinks-5-dead-21-rescued/

SAR for missing surfer – http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/30387805/crews-searching-for-legendary-surfer-ace-cool-after-he-fails-to-return-from-surfing-trip

SAR for missing boater – http://abc7news.com/news/search-to-resume-for-missing-boater-off-tomales-bay–/1052570/

Water SAR – http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Search-rescue-operation-near-Burry-Port-Harbour/story-28036587-detail/story.html

Hiking – 

Body of hiker recovered – http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/search-and-rescue-teams-find-body-of-missing-b-c-hiker-in-crevasse-near-pemberton

Lost & Injured hikers rescued –

• http://q13fox.com/2015/10/26/local-moms-missing-after-hike-search-underway-near-north-bend/
• http://www.times-standard.com/article/NJ/20151021/NEWS/151029974

Hunter-gatherer – 

Missing elk hunter found – http://www.kbzk.com/story/30345207/missing-hunter-found-in-the-bridger-mountains

Body of missing hunter recovered – http://herald-review.com/news/local/missing-hunter-found-dead-in-creek/article_2be242de-7bf0-11e5-bee3-df4b859394c8.html

Missing mushroom hunter found – http://www.pqbnews.com/news/337543121.html

Two mushroom hunters rescued – http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2015/10/search_crews_looking_for_two_m.html

Missing hunter found –  http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/story/714f5098344a498da6119ecfe8e97a9c/MT–Lost-Hunter

Climbing – 

 Climber rescued – http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Climber-rescued-fall-Somerset-quarry/story-28098348-detail/story.html

Injured climber rescued – http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/73623511/climber-rescued-from-marlborough-mountain

Vehicles – 

 SAR for missing plane – http://www.wxxv25.com/mostpopular/story/Search-and-Rescue-in-Jackson-County/-gWl6UWD50iFd6UxZ44TyQ.cspx

ATV rider found – http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/missing-ross-river-woman-rose-caesar-medevaced-to-whitehorse-1.3299143

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