click to enlarge In his 11 years on the San Luis Obispo County Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team, Armando Gutierrez has seen the spectrum of disasters on local trails, like San Luis Obispo's Bishop Peak. There are lost hikers who veer off-trail; runners who break an ankle and can't hike down; rock climbers who fall catastrophic distances; summit trekkers who lose their balance while taking photos on boulders—and the list goes on. "I've been on many different calls over the years," Gutierrez said.

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