1993, 1st edition. 221 pp, photos, maps. This book, the first from Bob Maslen-Jones, tells through a series of suspenseful episodes the story of the search and rescue work of the volunteer teams in Snowdonia and Scotland, the creation of the Search And Rescue Dog Association (SARDA) and the contribution the Association has made in countless mountain rescues.
An active member of SARDA himself for nearly fifteen years, Bob Maslen-Jones is able to draw on first-hand experience to bring to life the incidents in which highly-trained teams of dogs and men respond to the news that someone in the mountains has met with an accident or failed to show up at an expected rendezvous. Some of the dogs' exploits he describes are nothing short of spectacular, but nevertheless SARDA had a hard struggle getting the message accepted that dogs have a significant part to play in search and rescue work.
The book carries a foreword by the late Lord Hunt of Llanfairwaterdine, who as Colonel John Hunt led the historic expedition which conquered Everest in 1953. It should be on the reading list of everyone who walks or climbs in the mountains and hills of Great Britain. New paperback.
