Crestone Needle | Fourteener Rescue | Making Dangerous Things Look Easy | Blackhawks in Action

“If you’re going to do really dangerous things, you have to be really good at doing them.” Love it

My family was rescued by these guys in August of 2018. They have got to be the best in the world. So grateful for Vail Mountain Rescue. Truly life saving, extremely skilled and selfless people!!!!!! They literally save my daughter's life. She would not have survived another 24 hours and she is the mother of 3. Helicopter rescue.

What’s remarkable is that they do these missions for those that are alive and for those loved ones who are recovered. My father in-law was recovered in Aug 2006 on the Crestone Needles/Crestone peak area after he fell. We know he made summit on one of them because we were able to recover his sd card from his camera and he had a selfie. He always did when he climbed a 14er. Thank you for risking your lives to get our loved ones back home and for treating each one the same.

The description of their rescue plan around 16 minutes in is some of the most fascinating stuff I’ve learned in a while. The amount of nimble intelligence it takes to pull something like this off is astonishing.

Not to shit on the guy but if you can climb back up to your highpoint, your climbing partner was right, should've rappel down instead of risking the rescuer.

This is a downright beautiful documentary that showcases the vulnerable human element behind missions like this that most people never get to see. The average person only gets a glimpse of what missions like these are like through watered-down, glamoured-up news reports that they see on TV. Hats off to this SAR team for successfully carrying out such a difficult mission, and to CPT Henderson for putting this documentary together.

I’m glad YouTube put this in my algo. Thanks to SAR and all involved for all they do!

So easy to take for granted how much goes into a rescue operation. Wonderful glimpse into that world.

Stellar production! Thank you for sharing our story!

Just one of the many amazing rescues that the Colorado Army National Guard flight crews preform that are based on Buckley and up at HAATS on Eagle Airport.

Incredible! Amazing what these aircrews and rescue teams can do! Thanks Colorado Army National Guard!

What an amazing story. Kudos to those rescue techs and the national guard!

Dang I watched eight minutes before I realized I was totally sucked in 😂 great story telling, it communicated the drama and fear of their experience and I appreciated the inclusion of climbing vocab explanations

When my dad and I climbed the needle we ran into a group that had spent the night on the mountain after climbing the arette. They didn't need rescue, they just knew it would take a long time and brought a lightweight tent with them. The area they camped was, like where the rescue happened, a dinner table sized ledge with 1000ft drop on both sides. Something to know about the rock on the Crestones is that its a double edged sword. The rock is extremely solid and stable, the best climbing rock I've ever seen in my life. It also doesn't have many cracks on it making gear placement impossible in most places. Also these guys were so lucky that they had cell service to call for rescue, most of these mountains don't.

Must watch, captures the details that our crews routinely go though to make complicated things look easy, so proud of the men and women who put the hours in every day to safely execute life changing complex and dangerous things!

What a story. I'm so grateful for the SAR folks who dedicate themselves to helping others. Real heroes.

Amazing footage here, and really interesting to see how this type of rescue happens. I’ve attempted Crestone Needle twice in the past few years, that mountain is the real deal!

So impressive to get a better understanding of how skilled are Colorado Army National Guard pilots are! Such an honor to serve alongside them.

An incredible production from Remington Henderson. Well done! Thank you for sharing our story!

Wow this is truly amazing! Thank you for sharing this breathtaking story!