249 | Backcountry Rescue — What happens when you hit SOS?

The Hunt Backcountry Podcast

by Exo Mtn Gear

Sports:wilderness, Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

The backcountry is big, beautiful...and unforgiving. We shouldn't pursue the backcountry in fear, but we should be prepared for the possibility of difficult, or even dangerous conditions. If you find yourself in that moment where you or someone you are with needs rescue, what do you do? Hopefully, you have a means of requesting rescue assistance. But what does that really mean? What happens when you request assistance, and how can you best prepare — both now and in the moment — for a backcountry rescue? We answer those questions with air rescue pilot, Jason Fawson. Jason is not only a backcountry first responder, he has been forced to call for rescue in the backcountry while on a trip. If you truly "hunt backcountry", you need to tune-in to this episode and learn from Jason's experience. podcast@exomtngear.com

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0:00.0	Not having the knowledge is not an excuse when you get in to where we're going.
0:05.7	You know, as bad country hunters, we love the thrill, but you don't...
0:09.3	I trust me, you don't want to be on the other side of that knowing that you could have
0:14.5	done better or you could have been better prepared.
0:18.1	And now one of your loved ones is really hurt and there's nothing you can do to help
0:21.8	them out.
0:30.0	Welcome to the Hunt Backcountry podcast.
0:48.4	This is episode number 243 and we are talking about emergency response in the backcountry.
0:55.2	Our guest Jason Fawson is a pilot who responds to such events and as you'll hear, he also
1:01.6	has personal experience being the caller, the person who needs rescue and aid in the
1:07.4	backcountry.
1:08.7	We speak with Jason about his professional experience and what it's like to respond
1:13.0	to such emergencies and then get the other side of the story, what it was like for him
1:18.2	to be the one needing help.
1:20.5	So this covers both sides of emergency response in the backcountry.
1:25.2	If you think of heading into the backcountry being in the mountains and needing assistance,
1:30.4	you're hitting that SOS button or something of the sort.
1:33.7	We want this episode to help provide you with some information, knowledge and some level
1:39.4	of experience on how best to handle that situation.
1:43.2	So we talk about what you should do before hitting the button as well as after hitting
1:47.3	the button.
1:48.3	Hopefully, this is an issue that none of us need to experience this year or in coming
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