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 –
For Jackie!… Trackers follow missing hunter – http://www.bradfordera.com/news/search-continues-for-lost-hunter-in-cameron-county/article_ec77a99e-98a1-11e5-9ccf-ff16740f2ee4.html
News –
Inside Oregon’s SAR program – http://katu.com/news/local/vast-majority-of-search-and-rescue-ops-done-by-volunteers
Winter Sports –
Missing snowboarder rescued – http://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/152868/A-freezing-rescue
Water Safety –
SAR for missing swimmer – http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/74523234/search-continues-in-raglan-for-missing-teen
SAR for missing boater – http://www.winknews.com/2015/11/28/crews-searching-for-missing-boater/
Missing sailor – http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/benoit-searched-for-near-bissett-lake-1.3348130
Image: http://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/152868/A-freezing-rescue
Hiking –
Lost & Injured hikers rescued –
- http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2015/11/update_missing_columbia_gorge.html
- http://www.lex18.com/story/30619778/2-rescued-from-red-river-gorge
- http://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2015/11/30/jla-crews-rescue-2-snow-bound-vehicles-stranded-hiker/#.VmEQ03bnvIU
- http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/74734097/friends-leave-woman-behind-in-bush–search-and-rescue-called
- http://kymkemp.com/2015/11/28/family-home-safe-after-volunteer-team-rescues-them/
Image: http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/search-and-rescue-efforts-suspended-mt-cook/5/238486
Hunter-gatherer –
Missing hunter rescued – http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2015/11/26/overdue-hunter-rescued-judith-basin-county/76425832/
Climbing –
SAR suspended due to weather – http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/search-and-rescue-efforts-suspended-mt-cook/5/238486
Fatal climbing accident – http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/major-search-rescue-underway-missing-6930754Missing climbers self rescue – http://koin.com/2015/11/30/rescue-crews-search-for-experienced-hikers-on-mt-hood/SAR suspended for missing climber – http://q13fox.com/2015/12/01/search-continues-for-missing-climber-near-leavenworth/Rescuers recover climber’s body – http://thesheetnews.com/2015/11/27/inyo-sar-recovers-body-of-missing-ucla-student/
Vehicles –
Stranded motorist rescued – http://www.mynews4.com/news/story/Man-and-five-children-rescued-by-Search-and/ZDyHbuVm_0mAMyIbHS_idw.cspx
Stranded motorists rescued – http://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2015/11/30/jla-crews-rescue-2-snow-bound-vehicles-stranded-hiker/#.VmEQ03bnvIU
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