Ep. 816: Behind the Scenes of Search & Rescue - Moose Mutlow
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 21 March 2022
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
From moosemutlow.com:
Moose has over 30 years of traditional and alternative education experience around the globe. He has course directed 58-day Outward Bound instructor trainings in Appalachia, been a deputy headmaster in the Kalahari Desert, managed a beach concession on the Mediterranean, slogged through Australian rain forests with middle school students, juggled as a street performer in too many cities to mention, has more than 2000 days of field instruction in a wilderness setting, spent four months as the Interim Head for an elite ski academy, and recently returned from teaching a canoe program for Veterans on the Gulf of Mexico.
Since 2002 Moose has been a member and senior trainer of Yosemite Search and Rescue, working as a technician and within Incident Command, at one of the busiest SAR operations in the world.
Moose currently works for NatureBridge in Yosemite National Park as the Senior Projects Director for planning, design and construction of the National Environmental Science Center.
Moose has been the Lead Trainer for Family Liaison Officers for the National Park Service teaching trainings in Yosemite, Arches, Smokey Mountains, Teton and Yellowstone National Parks.
Find out more about Moose:
instagram @moosemutlow
His books:
Searching : Finding purpose, laughter and distraction through Search and Rescue
When Accidents Happen: Managing Crisis Communication as a Family Liaison Officer
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| 0:00.0 | Hey folks, welcome to the adventure sports podcast. I'm your host, Mason. |
| 0:24.6 | Today we're talking to Moose Mudlow, who has been working in the legendary Yosemite Search and Rescue for, gosh, 20 years. |
| 0:34.2 | He has had some unbelievable experiences, as you can imagine, not working, not only working |
| 0:40.0 | in Yosemite, but all over the country and the world, doing search and rescue, and specifically |
| 0:44.8 | dealing with water, like whitewater rapids and stuff like that, but also as a family liaison. |
| 0:51.5 | As you'll hear, it is a hard job because you are the person communicating the |
| 0:56.2 | details with the families. And there's a lot of times that it's news that no one wants to hear. |
| 1:02.7 | So just so you know, a little bit of a trigger warning here, we will be talking about concepts |
| 1:07.8 | like suicide and death and human remains even. So, you know, if any of that is |
| 1:14.0 | upsetting to you and also just, you know, emotional trauma, stuff like that. So if anything like |
| 1:19.2 | that is something you don't want to start your week off with, I totally understand. But it is a |
| 1:25.8 | necessary thing that exists for people like us to enjoy the outdoors. |
| 1:30.6 | You know, there have been plenty of times that I've seen search and rescue blow past me on a trail or a |
| 1:36.6 | helicopter fly overhead, literally saving someone's life for us to enjoy these wild places. |
| 1:43.8 | There, and a lot of times has to be some sort of service like this. |
| 1:47.4 | So we can't thank folks like Moose and his teams enough for what they do. |
| 1:51.7 | It has saved and found just countless lives. |
| 1:55.5 | But this is a pretty unique story for us. |
| 1:57.2 | So I'm excited to get into it. |
| 1:58.4 | So let's go ahead and jump in. |
| 1:59.6 | Moose is an awesome storyteller. And by the way, Moose has written a couple books about his experiences. |
| 2:06.0 | Lessons Learn and Stories from Search and Rescue. So if you're interested, check that out in the |
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