Found: A Life in Mountain Rescue

by Bree Loewen

Overview

“This is a truly inspirational book about the incredible people who risk their lives to save others.” --Sadie Trombetta, Bustle

Mountain search-and-rescue volunteer Bree Loewen’s to-do list isn’t quite the same as most people’s. On any given day, it might include:

• Go grocery shopping
• Bake pie seen on Pinterest
• Figure out what to do with my life
• Rescue climbers caught in avalanche on Chair Peak
• Pick up Vivi at Mom’s

A former Mount Rainier climbing ranger and trained leader in mountain search-and-rescue, Bree shares the drama and the camaraderie of this work, as well as the challenges of trying to fit her other roles as wife and mother into what is still largely a masculine environment. In a fearless voice—disarming yet laced with dark humor—Bree guides us through intense recoveries, vivid wilderness landscapes, and the warmth she discovers in motherhood, community, and purpose.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781680510768
Publisher:	Mountaineers Books, The
Publication date:	03/27/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

BREE LOEWEN has been a climbing ranger on Mount Rainier, an EMT in Seattle, and has written for Climbing magazine. She has taught rigging and navigation classes for search and rescue groups and lives in Carnation, Washington, with her husband and daughter.

Table of Contents

Author's Note 11

1 Pebble Creek 13

2 Granite 26

3 Rattlesnake Ledge 40

4 Red Mountain 50

5 Chair Peak 75

6 Otter Falls 88

7 Snoqualmie Falls 99

8 Infinite Bliss 104

9 La Bohn Gap 110

10 The Slot and the Phantom 121

11 Double Peak and Owyhigh Lakes 139

12 Little Si 151

13 Granite: West Ridge 167

14 Guye Peak 181

Acknowledgments 201

Glossary 203