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Dedication
This program is dedicated to the men and women volunteers of search and rescue. Day after day,
and with selfless dedication, you offer yourself in service to those in need.
About the Author
Charley Shimanski is Education Director for the Mountain Rescue Association, a national
organization of rescue mountaineers, and Executive Director of The American Alpine Club. A 17-
year veteran of Colorado's Alpine Rescue Team, Charley has participated as a field member and
Incident Commander for hundreds of rescues among Colorado's highest peaks.
The author of the Mountain Rescue Association's Helicopters in Mountain Rescue Operations
manual and co-author of the Avalanche Rescue Operations manual, Charley has consulted
rescuers, mountain guides and climbers throughout the world, from Kazakhstan to Sweden, from
Kilimanjaro to Aconcogua. Charley is a frequent speaker at meetings of the Wilderness Medical
Society, the Mountain Rescue Association, and the International American Technical Rescue
Symposium. He is a recognized leader of mountain rescue training programs.
