The story of mountain rescue has its roots in the early 1900s, with the Canadian Pacific Railway's use of Swiss guides-alpine experts who brought their knowledge of mountain rescue to the Canadian Rockies. As climbing gained in popularity with the emerging middle classes after the Second World War, tragic accidents became more common. Two accidents in 1954-55 forced the government to develop a professional mountain rescue team through the Park Warden Service, under the tutelage of Swiss guide Walter Perren, considered the father of mountain rescue in Canada. Perren essentially turned cowboys into competent rescue personnel, and the story takes off from there. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Introduction	11
Chapter 1 Man and Mountains	15
Chapter 2 The Walter Perren Years	27
Chapter 3 The White Dragon	63
Chapter 4 Modernization: The Introduction of the Alpine Specialist	83
Chapter 5 Rescue Dogs	115
Chapter 6 The Climbing Generation: Camelot Years	137
Chapter 7 Reality of Rescue	175
Chapter 8 The Volunteers	213
Chapter 9 Kananaskis Country "The Brother Next Door"	229
Chapter 10 A Younger Crowd	253
Chapter 11 Risk, Responsibility and Stress	295
Chapter 12 Then and Now	311
List of Abbreviations	315
Glossary	316
Bibliography	319
Index	323

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