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Teton County Search & Rescue, WY, Raises Funds For Year-Round Helicopter

Teton County Helicopter Search and Rescue Mission

Success! After two months of public fundraising, Teton County Search and Rescue (‘TCSAR’), WY, has finally reached its goal for ‘Mission Critical,’ pursuing a year-round helicopter. This achievement enables TCSAR to conduct successful rescue missions in the summer months across the formidable terrain of the Tetons. Previously, TSCAR leased the helicopter from October to May, and in the summer, it was […]

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Saj Sheth-Voss | May 31, 2023
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Learn How to Properly Signal a Rescue Helicopter

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Emergency rescuers have urged people to familiarize themselves with effective ways to signal a helicopter before exploring the backcountry. Last week a hiker got lost in Colorado and did not know how to properly signal to the emergency helicopters that he needed help. The man had been part of a hunting party and had been reported missing by his brother on the […]

Julia Schneemann | September 19, 2022
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Chinook Helicopter Rescues 3 Stranded Hikers on the Highest Peak in the Contiguous U.S.

A CH-47 helicopter was dispatched from Cal Guard’s Army Aviation Support Facility in Stockton, Calif. last Thursday with a mission to rescue three hikers on the contiguous United States’ highest peak. The three hikers had become stranded on the summit of Mt. Whitney near the final camp of the mountain’s 14,505-foot summit. They were forced to endure a night on […]

Martin Kuprianowicz | August 4, 2021
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Video: Daring Helicopter Rescue From Crestone Needle, CO

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Alex Camerino | October 7, 2020
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VIDEO: Insane Mountainside Helicopter Rescue in French Alps

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SnowBrains | July 23, 2020
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VIDEO: Climbers Helicopter Rescued Off 14,000-Foot Peak in California on Thursday

#Rescue CHP – Central Division Air Operations did it again. The helicopter crew winched three mountain climbers to safety. They were at 13,100' feet in Inyo county, a place called Middle Palisades. The climbers ran out of daylight and were stranded on the steep mountain side All were hoisted aboard H-40 and flown to Bishop Airport. These Officers make it […]

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SnowBrains | October 19, 2015
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Richard Branson’s Son Airlifted from Summit of Matterhorn

Wild man gazilionaire Richard Branson has a 29-year-old son. That son had terrible altitude sickness while ascending the 14,692′ Matterhorn in Switzerland on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014. He was weak, throwing up, dry heaving, and exhausted. His lead guide told him he had to descend multiple times on the ascent, but he wouldn’t listen. He continued up to the summit while “retching uncontrollably” as Richard […]

SnowBrains | September 5, 2014
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