A while back I wrote a couple of posts regarding using Mountain Bikes for Search and Rescue here in the UK; First National Search and Rescue Mountain Bike Instructor Scheme and The Use of Mountain Bikes for Search and Rescue
Today I came across a couple of international resources for Mountain Bike SAR that I felt I must share [before I take my Christmas break!]
The first is from Utility Cycling ; “a blog and online resource for all things related to the practice of utility cycling.”
The use of bicycles for search and rescue (SAR) is relatively new. In the Mountain Bike Search and Rescue Training Manual available from the Backcountry Trail Patrol Association, Hans Erdman describes one of the first incidents of mountain bikes being used for search and rescue: [Read more here...]
The second is a link to the Mountain Bike Search and Rescue Training Manual referred to in the article, which can be found at; http://www.ipmba.org/printables/IMBA-SARManual.pdf
