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- ↑ "What is PMR?". Portland Mountain Rescue. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
- ↑ Zach Urness (July 13, 2013). "The search to find missing climber, Kinley Adams". Statesman Journal . Retrieved August 8, 2013.
- ↑ "These Men Might Save Your Life". Esquire Magazine. October 19, 2007. p. 6. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
Bob Alexander: "More often than not, it starts in the middle of the night with a page from the sheriff's department. They're usually the first party that gets notified. Someone will call 911, and they'll be connected with the sheriff, and the sheriff will send out an alert to a certain number of folks in PMR"
- ↑ Urness: :The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office runs the show when a climber goes missing on Mount Hood, but they lean heavily on groups like Portland Mountain Rescue to search the high altitudes and provide technical expertise. “This is their backyard,” said Sgt. Robert Wurpes, spokesman for the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office. “They know the common routes and the hazards, they know what can go wrong and common mistakes people make. “We set up a central hub, log everybody in and provide support, but we don’t have climbing capability. They’re the experts."
- ↑ Urness: "... there’s no single profile of the experts. Clarke is a retired fireman. Mark Morford is an environmental attorney. Eduardo Cartaya works for the U.S. Forest Service, and Jon Rhoderick is a recent Willamette University graduate working as an Emergency Medical Technician. ... 'Without mountain rescue, many of our paths wouldn’t cross,' Morford said. 'We have engineers, teachers, nurses, computer programmers and guys that work blue-collar jobs. I didn’t realize it when I joined, but the camaraderie of working alongside people I probably wouldn’t have met is one of the best parts of the experience.'"
- ↑ Urness: "'We bring in people who are already strong climbers,' Clarke said, 'and train them to be mountain rescuers.' Simply put, team members have to be good at everything. Maps and compass expertise, alpine climbing ability, knotcraft and wilderness survival skills are just entry-level requirements. Thirty hours of classroom and field training is required each year, focusing on a variety of skills that includes using specialized equipment and patient care in hostile conditions—getting an injured climber packaged, warm, and comfortable for transportation."
- ↑ "These Men Might Save Your Life". Esquire Magazine. October 19, 2007. p. 5. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
Joe Owens: "A lot of newspapers talk about how we risked our lives in the search, and it's kind of demeaning to us. It's hard on our families when we read that kind of an editorial. We work in a difficult, harsh environment that's very challenging, but that doesn't necessarily mean we risk our lives."
- ↑ "Portland Mountain Rescue Team". Oregon Field Guide . OPB. 1991. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
- ↑ Jack Grauer (July 1975). Mount Hood: A Complete History. self published. ISBN 0-930584-01-5.