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Thrilling Tales of the Montrose Search and Rescue
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Thrilling Tales of the Montrose Search and Rescue

Author(s): Mike Lawler
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Los Angeles is one of the biggest cities in the world, but is incongruously a ten-minute drive from a vast impenetrable mountain wilderness, the Angeles National Forest.

This 700,000-acre forest includes the San Gabriel Mountains, which are among the most treacherous and steep mountain ranges in the world. Every year, thousands of people get lost or injured hiking or skiing, get trapped in the abandoned mines that honeycomb the remote canyons, or drive their cars or motorcycles off the precipitous mountain roads that snake along cliff faces.

Since 1947, a dedicated group of volunteers from the Crescenta Valley has been rescuing these hapless victims.

The Montrose Search and Rescue team is one of the oldest SAR groups in the nation, and among the most professional, despite receiving no pay for risking their lives.

They perform search and rescue feats high on peaks, down in canyons, deep underground, in the snow and ice, and from the air. They have been called to travel nationwide to assist other SAR teams with less expertise. In their seventy years of service they have racked up thousands of thrilling rescues.

Most of the stories are uplifting, but some will break your heart. These men are modern-day heroes, and they live right here in our community.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)
Mike Lawler first became fascinated with local history when, as a child, he dug holes in the dirt of his backyard looking for remnants of the past. That fascination for local history has led him to authoring several works on the history of his community, along with a popular newspaper column on the same subject. He was the president of the Historical Society of the Crescenta Valley for over a decade. In his community, he is considered the authority on local history. And he still can't pass by a hole in the ground without at least taking a glance.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781634990776
Publisher: America Through Time
Date: 11/26/2018
State: California
Images: 100 Black And White
Pages: 112
Dimensions: 6.5 (w) x 9.25 (h)
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