The Spec Ops Blog: 01/21/14

More info about this recall

Sources: Gripped Climbing Magazine, Oplopanax Horridus.

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The Spec Ops Blog is edited by Michael Neiger, lead investigator with Michigan Backcountry Search and Rescue (MibSAR), a Long Range Special Operations Group (LRSOG) based in Marquette, Michigan, USA, that works select missing-person and felony cold cases in the bush of Northern Michigan (USA) and Northern Ontario (Canada).

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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Jan/Feb 2014 issue of 'Emergency Management Magazine' online

RECALL: RescYou Crevasse Rescue Device recalled by Mammut