2017 Gold Nautilus Book Award in Heroic Journeys “This is a truly inspirational book about the incredible people who risk their lives to save others.” --Sadie Trombetta, Bustle Mountain search-and-rescue volunteer Bree Loewen’s to-do list isn’t quite the same as most people’s. On any given day, it might include: Go grocery shopping - Bake pie seen on Pinterest - Figure out what to do with my life - Rescue climbers caught in avalanche on Chair Peak - Pick up Vivi at Mom’s A former Mount Rainier climbing ranger and trained leader in mountain search-and-rescue, Bree shares the drama and the camaraderie of this work, as well as the challenges of trying to fit her other roles as wife and mother into what is still largely a masculine environment. In a fearless voice―disarming yet laced with dark humor―Bree guides us through intense recoveries, vivid wilderness landscapes, and the warmth she discovers in motherhood, community, and purpose. "Loewen's stream-of-consciousness storytelling makes for a page-turner. The tales of adventurers in trouble kept grabbing my attention the way calls for help come on her cellphone relentlessly, without warning, sometimes in the middle of the night." Brian Cantwell, The Seattle Times "For anyone who has ever felt a bit lost, either literally or metaphorically, "Found" will strike a chord."--Charlie Lieu, Everett Herald In this moving memoir, author Bree Loewen describes her exciting life as a leader of the Seattle Mountain Rescue, a volunteer search-and-rescue operation in Washington state. From the most dangerous rescue attempts to the most epic climbs, Found chronicles the the dangers, risk, and deaths brave heroes like Loewen confront in the backcountry. This is a truly inspirational book about the incredible people who risk their lives to save others. --Sadie Trombetta, Bustle "In her new book, Found: A Life in Mountain Rescue, Loewen takes readers along on those highs and lows. She also lets you in on the emotional toll this (volunteer) work can take on a marriage, a home life and a career."--Sheila Miller, 1889 Mag "Reading Found, you'll be thankful for the entertaining and thought-provoking stories of risk and rescue. But you'll also be thankful for the author and her friends who serve the backcountry community, even when it means missing family dinners or a night of sleep even when it hurts." --Paula Wright, Alpinist Like all of us who do mountain rescue, her stories reflect our lives; blending our passions for missions with our day-to-day realities. And trying to achieve the perfect yet truly unachievable, balance between the two. With honesty seldom shared to outsiders, she opens both her personal and mountain rescue life, with all its ups and downs, challenges and failures and pulls us in. --Fran Sharp, Tacoma Mountain Rescue, for MRA Meridian quarterly. BREE LOEWEN has been a climbing ranger on Mount Rainier, an EMT in Seattle, and has written for Climbing magazine . She has taught rigging and navigation classes for search and rescue groups and lives in Carnation, Washington, with her husband and daughter.