Monthly Archives: June 2011

Death of a Volunteer

I heard about the death of a member of Nelson SAR late last night. News like this moves very quickly in the SAR community. Today they found her body, and members of her team took her home. I have no

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Petzl GRIGRI 2 Recall

Petzl has issued a recall for some GRIGRI 2 belay devices. The Grigri is a very popular belay device for sport climbers and others, and the Grigri 2 was a re-design of the classic device, making it lighter and allowing

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Mount Logan picture

A picture of former Coquitlam SAR member, current Canadian Forces SAR Tech Cpl Mike Neilson, still wearing his team-issue orange Gore-Tex jacket and holding the Coquitlam SAR flag at 4800m on Mount Logan

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Mount Logan update: awesome news

We got an update on the details from Logan yesterday, Josh, the organizer of the trip, called Rollie, another team member. In Rollie`s words: I just got a call from Josh. The Logan crew has returned to Haines Junction, Yukon.

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Mount Logan update: back at base camp

I just got an update from the team’s SPOT device, and they are back at base camp. In a short communication with one of the team members family, I was told that everyone is OK and they will be flying

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Mount Logan: Camp 3, the “Football Field”

I just got another update from the Mount Logan party’s SPOT messenger. From their coordinates it ‘s clear they have reached Camp 3, also known as the Football field. This is at about 4850M (15,900 ft.), which they reached after

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