Texas native and Sierra Rescue's own, Zach Byars recently returned to Texas to his childhood home on the Blanco river in Wimberley where his family's house was hit hard by the recent flooding. Byars wasn't able to participate in the search and rescue efforts but was able to assist friends in family in the post-flood...

Having wrapped up a great summer guiding season on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River, It was great to get back into my drysuit (newly repaired thanks to Kokatat) and start off the fall teaching season. We had 11 students for the SRT with a variety of backgrounds, but primarily fire personnell. Weather cooperated...

Our second set of classes back in Yosemite National Park was just as good as the first round. Weather once again cooperated, and we had great water levels for an SRT-1 / SRT-A combo course. Its tough to beat training sites with backdrops including, Bridal Vail Falls, Half Dome, El Capitan, Vernal Falls. The valley...