Setting off on a fun weekend of rock climbing that involved a climb of my favorite peak, we encountered a climber injured in a rockfall. We used everything we had in getting him to a hospital; it was a truly eventful evening.

When doing SAR, I was sometimes queried about why I carried so much in my pack. I would respond with accounts of the short operations that used all of my gear - the bivvy stuff, the tech toys, the basic fire making apparatus. Rescues have a habit of expanding rapidly, requiring unexpected and unusual actions.