Monthly Archives: July 2010

Climbing like a pregnant woman

The other day I was climbing a well known 5.8 test piece in Squamish. I led, and Sylvia, who is 6 months pregnant, seconded it. About half way up she was heard to say ”I think we’re at the inflection point;

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RFC 2119

You may not know this but most of the internet is based on a series of standards known as an RFC. They started out as a way to kick off a discussion on how to solve a problem, but rapidly

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How not to load someone in a helicopter

The following link has some text and a video clip from a recent rescue in the Fraser Valley. http://bc.rcmp.ca/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=50&languageId=1&contentId;=15653 As you can see they are performing what we call a hover stretcher load, which I wrote about today. Now I

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SAR Day 41: Helicopter training

As noted in past posts, we do a lot of helicopter work. Sunday covered some advanced helicopter techniques, such as this: a hovering helicopter, and SAR member in the back seat, doors off. Team on the ground passes the stretcher

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SAR Day 40: Rescue on Diez Vistas

I was unable to make this rescue. From what I gather, the team was called to rescue an injured subject on the Diez Vistas trail, around Vista 6. Members hover-exited at Vista 3 and hike to the site. The subject

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SAR Day 39: Rescue on Eagle Ridge

What follows is a  first person account of a recent rescue on Eagle Ridge. At approximately 16:30 I get paged: “All members call task line for injured hiker at Buntzen Lake“. I dial in and hear the SAR manager describing

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SAR Days 21 through 38

That’s a lot of SAR Days. Since last I posted, we’ve done 18 days of training, mostly in the Rope Rescue area. Itemized below and updated in my ongoing log. Day 21: Technical travel skills. At least half of the

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