Ebook Critical Hours Search and Rescue in the White Mountains Audible Audio Edition Sandy Stott Kyle Tait Tantor Audio Books

Product details Audible Audiobook Listening Length 11 hours and 42 minutes Program Type Audiobook Version Unabridged Publisher Tantor Audio Audible.com Release Date February 28, 2019 Language English, English ASIN B07NS6ZX1W

Critical Hours Search and Rescue in the White Mountains Audible Audio Edition Sandy Stott Kyle Tait Tantor Audio Books Reviews

• Sandy struck a delicate balance between rescue stories versus personal anecdotes, policies behind establishments versus spirituality behind volunteerism. Those expecting a romanticized thriller in the wilderness could be disappointed, or like me, find the book equally captivating with the diverse vintage points into the search and rescue community within White Mountains being introduced throughout the book. As a novice lacking much outdoor experience, I got an intimate view into an unfamiliar world, but at the same time also could relate to the various dilemma faced by those seeking recreation, those making the rescues, and those writing the policies.
• This book details rescues that have taken place within the White Mountains of New Hampshire. For those active in, what's for me, the local hiking community a lot of the names will be familiar. The author presents the rescues in a factual fashion with personal anecdotes and commentary interspersed to good effect. I found it to be a good read.
• A really good read that combines stirring stories of White Mountain rescues, their history, and intimate knowledge of the area and its people. I appreciated all the ways Stott asks us to consider who we are and what we are doing when we head into the wilderness. A bonus was description of the Hike Safe program and detailed packing lists for hiking. There's a lot to savor here.
• Gives great insight into the back end of the SAR teams in NH. Very informative read.
• If you have ever hiked the white mountains this is a must read! Loved it.
• I enjoyed this book. It gave stories of what had happened with hikers as well as the history of how search and rescue began and where it is today.
• This is the book the mountain world has lacked for a long time a narrative of groundbreaking rescue stories in New England's savage and beautiful White Mountains, told through the eyes of the dedicated, under-the-radar climbers who volunteer or work professionally as rescuers. The story of rescue in the Whites has changed dramatically in the age of technology and crowds. UPNE does the community a great service publishing this work by Sandy Stott, a seasoned mountain trekker who edits the Accidents report in the Appalachian Mountain Club's Appalachia journal.
• Yes, this is a book about hiking and rescue in the White Mountains that artfully combines history, philosophy, memoir and, ultimately thrilling story after thrilling story. Stott has a knack for exploring mysteries, and there are plenty of them throughout the book. As a reader, you are constantly stunned by the choices that hikers and the rescuers make---both courageous and foolish decisions. So, the entertainment factor in these stories is huge. But there is more. These stories all reveal a world that is, I think, about hope. There is a reference in the book to an essay by a noted hiker who says, "At every trailhead, erect a sign bearing the inscription Dante found over the gate of Hell 'Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.'" But the truth that Stott explores is that hope is, in fact, precisely what both hiking and rescue are ultimately about--different for each group, to be sure, but Stott recounts in lovely individual sentences why both of these activities have, in part, a religious, spiritual quality. Yes, this is a book of fascinating stories, but it will also give you a glimpse into the reasons why people hike, and why other people go in to rescue them and, ultimately, into the nature of hope.