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SARDays 107-110
Since I started the SARDay project last year I’ve logged quite a few days! We’re coming close to the close of this year-long project. Now’s the time to pipe up if you think this is incredibly boring, or if it’s … Continue reading
SARDays 73 to 102, the winter lull
I haven’t forgotten about my SARDay project, my ongoing attempt to track all the Search, training, and administrative hours for one team member of one team. It’s just with all the other exciting blog posts over the past four months, … Continue reading
The UBC VOC and Group Sizes
This post is a bit of a rant, so please skip it if you’re not in the mood. A few years ago a friend and I travelled into the Cerise Creek area for some mountaineering. We were surprised to see … Continue reading
Safe places to Snowshoe
I see by my server logs that some people visiting the blog are searching for a safe place to snowshoe. With all the injury, death and general mayhem that I usually blog about I thought I’d give a few suggestions. … Continue reading
SAR Day 72: AGM and hours not tracked.
We had our Annual General Meeting on Tuesday the 28th of September. As a Society under the province of British Columbia, we abide by the Society’s Act, and have to have an AGM once a year to elect our executive … Continue reading
A different kind of emergency
I’m used to the pager going off in the middle of the night, but believe it or not I have had “emergencies” in my other line of work (software engineering) as well. One such happened last Wednesday. In my day … Continue reading
Busy Week(s): SARDay 15, 16,17,18, 19 and 20
The team has been having a busy few weeks. We’re in the middle of an annual wilderness medical responder course, kicking off the spring season with swift water training, regular Tuesday evening training, and 2 searches. SARDay 15: Wilderness First … Continue reading
