CRISIS ON MOUNT HOOD: Stories From 100 Years of Mountain Rescue, Christopher Van Tilburg
In Crisis on Mount Hood: Stories from 100 Years of Mountain Rescue (Mountaineers Books, May 2025), author and emergency room doctor Christopher Van Tilburg looks at the history of America’s oldest all-volunteer mountain rescue team, the Hood River Crag Rats, and his own three-decade commitment to search and rescue. Centered on Oregon’s iconic 11,249-foot-high Mount Hood, […]
CRISIS ON MOUNT HOOD, Christopher Van Tilburg MD
A mountain rescue doctor’s gripping memoir of life-saving rescues on the most-climbed glaciated peak in the world, woven with the 100-year history of America’s oldest mountain rescue team, the Crag Rats, highlighting how climate change, crowds, and technology are fueling a spike in search and rescue incidents, endangering the beauty of the high alpine wilderness. […]
Van Tilburg
Christopher Van Tilburg is an American physician and author specializing in emergency, wilderness, travel, environmental, occupational, and public health medicine. He has written extensively about outdoor recreation, wilderness medicine, and international travel. His most recent book is Crisis on Mount Hood: Stories from One Hundred Years of Mountain Rescue (Mountaineers Books, May 2025), as well as […]