Eco-Endurance Challenge 2020

Available now: E2C 2013 – combined Participant Notes April 25.

Also, a note: “Freelance writer covering the event is looking to carpool from Saint John, NB! Will share gas, of course. Ideally I’d like to be at registration at 6:00 AM on Saturday and stay until the end of the festivities on Sunday afternoon, but I’m flexible. Thanks! 🙂 Karen.” (email jenny@halifaxsar.ca and I will pass your details on) Continue reading →

And here is the photographic evidence! Continue reading →

Is this the year you score your personal best?  Is this a year a team can get all of the points? The new venue and course design creates many new challenges, but also possibilities and advantages! There are only 6 weeks left and the course is 75% designed and field checked. Flag layout has not yet begun though… The course designer, field crew and map maker are all under the pressure of the calendar….  the excitement is building at all levels! 

This course is now full – please email the course coordinator if you wish to be placed on the wait list. Halifax Regional Search and Rescue Public Map & Compass Course – Navigation for the Wilderness Trekker Tuesday 16 April, 2013 6:30 – 9:30 pm Part 1 (Classroom) Saturday 20 April, 2013 8:30am – 5 pm Part 2 (Outdoors) Cost: $65.00/person donation to the HRSAR Team – payable by cash or cheque on Tuesday night Where: Halifax Regional Search & Rescue Headquarters, … Continue reading →

As some of you may have heard, on Friday January 4th there was a fire at the Halifax Regional Search and Rescue base. We are sorry to say that our trusty Suburban, which we used to transport searchers at missing person events and tow our equipment, developed some kind of fault in the engine bay and was completely engulfed in flames. The garage in which we also house our command and logistics vehicles was badly damaged by smoke and will … Continue reading →