The organization's roots started in the 1930s as an informal list of alpinists rescuing their fellow climbers in the Pacific Northwest.

Some of the early leaders of Seattle Mountain Rescue, notably Wolf Bauer, Ome Daiber, and Dr. Otto Trott, brought back extensive knowledge from Europe, designed new gear, and pioneered new alpine climbing techniques.

This was under the sponsorship of the Mountaineers, the Washington Alpine Club, and the Northwest Region of the National Ski Patrol.

[3] Team members reached the accident site below the summit shortly after sunrise to find that Bob had died as a result of the fall.

In King County, a Sheriff's Deputy will be immediately alerted and act as Incident Commander, dispatching appropriate SAR resources, to include SMR.