Whitney Houston died a couple of weeks ago. It was in the newspapers. On the news. All over the social media. Her funeral was televised with lots of so-called celebrities attending. What went unnoticed except by the family and those in the immediate and rescue communities was the death of a Wyoming Search and Rescue [...]
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“So That Others May Live”
Posted in MLRowland, Search and Rescue, tagged Aviation, Coast Guard, Crash, Helicopter, Heroes, NASAR, National Association for Search and Rescue, San Bernardino Sheriff's Department, Search and Rescue, So That Others May Live, Tragedy, Whitney Houston, Wyoming on March 6, 2012 | 33 Comments »
“Death Follows After”
Posted in Books, MLRowland, Search and Rescue, Writing, tagged Books, Creative Writing, Death Follows After, Don't Get Dead, Fiction, Gracie Kinkaid, MLRowland, mystery, mystery series, Outdoor Skills, Search and Rescue, Wilderness Survival, Women in Search and Rescue, Women Writers, Women's Issues, Writing on February 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
What’s Gracie up to next? Here’s a sneak peek at the next book in my Gracie Kinkaid Mysteries, “Death Follows After”: When Mountain Search and Rescue expert, Gracie Kinkaid, begins to suspect that a local 15-year-old girl who has gone missing is connected with the violent death of a friend, she’s plunged headlong into an insidious [...]
Use It or Lose It (Your Life, That Is).
Posted in MLRowland, Search and Rescue, tagged accidents, automobile safety, fatalities, rollovers, safety, Search and Rescue, seatbelt use, seatbelts, vehicle safety on December 20, 2011 | 21 Comments »
Last night, not far from where I live, two men died in two separate accidents. Neither were wearing seatbelts. Both were fully or partially ejected from their vehicles. I. Don’t. Get. It. What prevents people from wearing seatbelts when they’re right there and it takes less than five seconds to put them on? Pure unadulturated laziness? [...]
Outdoor Survival – The Rule of 3′s
Posted in Search and Rescue, MLRowland, tagged Women in a Man's World, New Books, Search and Rescue, Extreme Sports, Backpacking, Wilderness Survival, Women Heroes, Women's Issues, Environmental Issues, MLRowland, Outdoor Skills, Survival Skills, Books, SAR, So That Others May Live on December 18, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Whether you’re lost in the wild or stranded in your car in a blizzard, remembering the “Rule of 3′s” could possibly save your life. As I stated in my blog about the Rule of P’s, the 1st and more important rule to survival is keeping a positive mental attitude. Here’s the Rule of 3′s: A [...]
It CAN Happen to You (The Rule of P’s)
Posted in Search and Rescue, Books, MLRowland, Blogging, tagged Search and Rescue, Wilderness Survival, Search & Rescue, MLRowland, Don't Get Dead, Survival, Gracie Kinkaid, Death Follows After, SAR, So That Others May Live on December 16, 2011 | 12 Comments »
I started this blog as a platform by which to promote my new mystery series about Gracie Kinkaid, a woman on a mountain Search and Rescue (SAR) team. I realized, however, that I’ve written a lot more blogs about Writing than about Search and Rescue and maybe it was about time to do another post [...]
Safety First, Second and Third.
Posted in Extreme Sports, MLRowland, Search and Rescue, tagged Accidents in North American Mountaineering, Adventure, Climbing, Climbing accidents, Climbing safety, Extreme Sports, MLRowland, Rappelling, Rock climbing, Search and Rescue on November 18, 2011 | 8 Comments »
A couple of weeks ago, not far from where I live, a rock climber fell 80 feet to his death. Two men were rappelling. One experienced. One not. The fourth time, the experienced guy rappelled down alone to belay his friend from the bottom leaving the inexperienced one to rig himself alone. The man backed off the [...]
Factual Errors in Fiction
Posted in Books, Factual Errors in Fiction, MLRowland, Search and Rescue, Writing, tagged Books, Factual Errors in Fiction, Fiction, Hiking, MLRowland, Natural History, NY Times Bestsellers List, Search and Rescue, Writers, Writing on November 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I quit reading a book recently because I found 6 natural history errors in less than 2 pages. Without really trying! Ack! In one section of this book, the author is describing the desert outside of Phoenix, AZ. 1. She talks about a “…flock of canyon wrens…” Canyon wrens are normally solitary (or hang out in pairs [...]
If YOU can ski, IT can slide! Skiers and rescuers, let’s all get prepared for our annual “race for life.” Mark H. Rowland
Posted in Search and Rescue, Extreme Sports, MLRowland, tagged Search and Rescue, Extreme Sports, Wilderness Survival, MLRowland, Nature, Skiing, Avalanche, Books, Avalanche Awareness, Backcountry Skiing, Survival on November 1, 2011 | 4 Comments »
On Saturday, Summit County Rescue Group received a report of a skier-triggered avalanche in Billy’s Bowl near Breckenridge. We know it’s early, but if there is enough snow to ski, there is enough snow to slide. Make sure you have your avalanche gear, that you know how to use it, and that you are familiar with [...]
“[The outdoors] is not Disney World. If you get in trouble, I can’t turn off the ride.”
Posted in Search and Rescue, Extreme Sports, Quotes, MLRowland, tagged Search and Rescue, Extreme Sports, Wilderness Survival, MLRowland, Nature, Skiing, Books, Outdoor Sports, Outdoors, Sports, Survival, Hiking on September 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Dan Smith, Vail Mountain Search and Rescue, said the above about the many people who go ill-equipped and unprepared on dangerous hikes in Colorado’s mountainous terrain and get into serious trouble.
My Qualifications
Posted in Books, MLRowland, Search and Rescue, Writing, tagged Backpacking, Books, Creative Writing, Don't Get Dead, Extreme Sports, Fiction, Gracie Kinkaid, MLRowland, Mystery Writers, Search and Rescue, Survival, Wilderness Survival, Women Heroes, Women in a Man's World, Women in Search and Rescue, Women's Issues, Writing on July 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
My first novel, “Don’t Get Dead,” is about a woman, Gracie Kinkaid, on a Search and Rescue team in the southern California mountains. So what makes me qualified to write a book about a woman in Search and Rescue? First, I’m a woman. Hmmm. Second, I was an active member of a search and rescue team for almost [...]
“Don’t Get Dead,” a New Book by M.L. Rowland
Posted in Books, MLRowland, Search and Rescue, Writing, tagged Backpacking, Books, Creative Writing, Don't Get Dead, Extreme Sports, Fiction, Hiking, MLRowland, mystery, mystery series, Nature, New Books, Search and Rescue, Thriller, Wilderness Survival, Women Heroes, Women in a Man's World, Women in Search and Rescue, Women's Issues, Writing on May 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Just how far would you go to save the life of someone you don’t know? I’ve just finished my new book, Don’t Get Dead, a mystery about Search and Rescue expert, Gracie Kinkaid. who is caught in a sudden snowstorm in the mountains of Southern California. She has to fight to keep not only herself alive, but also [...]
Excerpt from “Don’t Get Dead”
Posted in Books, MLRowland, Search and Rescue, Writing, tagged Adventure, Backpacking, Books, Climbing, Don't Get Dead, Extreme Sports, Fiction, Hiking, MLRowland, mystery, Search and Rescue, Writing on January 11, 2010 | 5 Comments »
As promised, here are a few pages from my new novel, “Don’t Get Dead,” the first of the Gracie Kinkaid mysteries. Enjoy! DON’T GET DEAD The body hung upside down in the truck, suspended by the seatbelt, sun-bleached hair hanging straight down to skim the roof of the cab. The light from the headlamp strapped [...]
