Crisis on Mount Hood: Stories from 100 Years of Mountain Rescue from Mountaineers Books
The world’s most climbed glaciated peak is on the brink of catastrophe. Massive crowds, throngs of inexperienced climbers, and social media are creating a record number of rescues on legendary, lethal 11,249-foot-high Mount Hood in Oregon. In Crisis on Mount Hood, emergency doctor Christopher Van Tilburg looks at the history of America’s oldest mountain rescue team, the Hood River Crag Rats, and his own three-decade commitment to search and rescue. Van Tilburg highlights thrilling rescues, the titans of mountain rescue, the effects of climate, and, most of all, the volunteers—the unwavering passion, the importance of longstanding culture, and the challenge of modernization. Also available on audiobook.
Bend, Roundabout Books, Thursday May 15 6:30 pm
San Francisco, Arc’teryx Corte Madera, June 11
Seattle, Mountaineers Program Center, Tuesday, June 17 w Lowell Skoog
Christopher Van Tilburg, MD 