A Higher Calling

With over 70 colored photographs, embark on a breathtaking journey with the dedicated West Valley Search and Rescue Team. Witness their encounters with perilous mountain scenarios as they strive to assist lost and injured hikers.

A Higher Calling will give you an inside look at what search and rescue teams experience as they:

-fight their way through blinding snowstorms

-perform cliff-side rescues

-spend sleepless nights tracking lost hikers

-render lifesaving first aid, and

-set up complex lowering and raising rope systems

A Higher Calling's three-part book will demonstrate the miraculous power of God's presence and leadership as He guides and protects the author through many life-threatening scenarios. Each chapter provides the reader with a scripture verse and concludes with a profound analogy, connecting the adventure story to a spiritual life lesson, leaving you enlightened and inspired.

Serving the West Valley Search and Rescue Team for twenty-four years and providing leadership as the team's first commander, Mervin Tapsfield will not only provide insight into the workings of a mountain rescue team but also offer a section on wilderness safety and a section on equating rescue vernacular with spiritual concepts. The reader will laugh at the author's humor, cringe at his mountain experiences, and gain valuable knowledge of mountain safety.