Stranded hiker flown down from Arrowhead Peak
Mt. Verstovia on a clear day is especially inviting, but the summit (Arrowhead Peak) is steep and...
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Tag: Sitka Search and Rescue
A month later, missing man’s father holds out hope
Nearly a month after 28-year-old Jedidiah Kowchee was reported missing in Sitka, police and search crews have turned up few leads.
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Missing juvenile found in town while responders searched woods
Responders searched for a juvenile hiker reported missing near Herring Cove in Sitka for about five hours Monday night (8-21-23), only to learn that the person was located miles away, in town.
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Longtime Sitka Search & Rescue veteran found dead on Mt. Verstovia
Mike Motti, a 39-year veteran with Sitka Search and Rescue, climbed Mt. Verstovia every year on his birthday. On Friday (11-4-22) he failed to return. Searchers found him alongside the trail near the top, apparently dead from natural causes.
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SAR team doesn’t take trapped teen for ‘granite’ in weekend rock climbing rescue
Sitka’s Search and Rescue team helped a teenage boy who found himself stuck between a rock and a hard place during a climbing session over the weekend.
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