+# Search and Rescue
+
+Since 2017 I've been active on Search and Rescue teams, currently on
+the [Clackamas County Search and
+Rescue](https://www.clackamas.us/sheriff/sar.html) team also known as
+CSAR. The work we do is hard, often thankless, but also hugely
+rewarding. I'm on specialty teams for both technical rope rescue and
+for trail-running. The friendships I've made through search and rescue
+are priceless. So many people volunteering so much time, money, and
+effort and strictly to help others.
+
+# Fitness
+
+I started [rock climbing](rock_climbing) in 2008 and I love the
+puzzle-solving nature of climbing and the many disciplines it leads to
+(toproping, lead climbing, sport climbing, trad climbing).
+
+In 2019 I started running, initially to rehabilitate my knee after a
+surgery. I found that my knee felt best as long I kept running several
+days a week, so I've tried to never stop. I've really fallen in love
+with doing long trail runs to cover in a single day what many people
+would backpack in 2 or 3 days. I get to see all the same things as the
+backpackers, but I have a lighter pack and I get to sleep in my own
+bed. My first 50k (31.1 miles) race was in November 2021 at Silver
+Falls. So that was my first ultramarathon without having competed in a
+marathon, (I had registered for one in 2020 but it was canceled for
+the pandemic).
+
+Ultrarunning introduced me to the crazy concept of the "backyard
+ultra". I thought it would be fun to test my own limits by
+participating in one. But when I found that none existed in Oregon, I
+decided to put one together myself, so now I'm the race director of
+the [Banana Slug Backyard Ultra](https://slug.run).
+
+# Contact and resume
+
+I may be reached by email to cworth@cworth.org . And if you're
+here because you might be interested in hiring me, you will likely
+want to see my [resume](carl_worth.pdf).