Originally Posted By Glenn Roberts
Just out of curiosity, have you ever been on a SAR mission where the person to be rescued was a SAR team member themselves? If so, how did they end up in a position where they needed to be rescued? (Bad decisions, or bad events beyond their control?


I haven't been on a mission rescuing fellow SAR members but a couple have had to be "helped" out of the wilderness. A major storm dumped more than 10 feet of powder, making travel impossible for them.

There's a special award we give for that.

Then there was the one from Inyo who needed to be SAR'd... he was backpacking. I don't recall the outcome, offhand. Lost track of the case. I think the details were posted on the Whitney Zone. I might be able to find them.
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