Christopher Van Tilburg is a mountain rescue doctor with Crag Rats in Hood River, Oregon, and author of 11 books, including Mountain Rescue Doctor: Wilderness Medicine in the Extremes of Nature.
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Crowds, inexperience, and social media are leading to a surge in rescue calls on one of the most climbed peaks in America
A transceiver, shovel, and probe have long been considered nonnegotiable. Airbags should be, too.