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Are “selfies” hazardous?

By Michael Coyle Posted on 05/07/2018 Posted in Blog Entry No Comments
Are “selfies” hazardous?

From a Search and Rescue perspective none of these reasons for climbing a mountain makes a damn bit of difference.

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Tagged with: #TrailHeadSelfie, grim, instagram, rescue

SARDay 2: Dealing with Death

By Michael Coyle Posted on 04/01/2016 Posted in Blog Entry, SAR Day, VLOG No Comments
SARDay 2: Dealing with Death

Over the new years long weekend our team was called out to assist Ridge Meadows SAR for a missing person in Golden Ears Park. Unfortunately the task ended in a fatality. Since I decided to try “vlogging” (Video Blogging) this year, I …

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Tagged with: death, grim, SARDay, VLOG

Knowing how to use it

By Michael Coyle Posted on 09/01/2015 Posted in Short Posts No Comments
Knowing how to use it
Flying over Whistler Village in 2008

Musings about knowledge and the things you canèt put in your pack.

Tagged with: grim, musings

On Life Jackets

By Michael Coyle Posted on 20/05/2014 Posted in Blog Entry, Short Posts 5 Comments
On Life Jackets

Hundreds of people die of drowning every year because they are not wearing life jackets.

Tagged with: drowning, grim, life jackets, rescue, water

Terrible thoughts

By Michael Coyle Posted on 05/07/2013 Posted in Blog Entry, Short Posts No Comments
Terrible thoughts
Roland Webb, 1975-2013

What if the last human contact a subject has is with me?

Tagged with: grim, musings, SMS

Foot Identified

By Michael Coyle Posted on 17/02/2012 Posted in Blog Entry No Comments

The BC Coroner’s service has identified the foot found in Sasamat lake as belonging to a person that Coquitlam SAR searched for 25 years ago.

Tagged with: grim, search

More on that foot

By Michael Coyle Posted on 09/11/2011 Posted in Blog Entry 1 Comment

SAR Team members believe the foot that was found at Sasamat Lake recently belonged to a missing fisherman they searched for in 1987

Tagged with: death, grim, search

Foot in Boot

By Michael Coyle Posted on 08/11/2011 Posted in Blog Entry No Comments

The ninth foot in four years has shown up in Sasamat Lake. Since the foot is in a freshwater lake, it probably didn’t drift very far.

Tagged with: Coroner, death, grim

Death of a Volunteer

By Michael Coyle Posted on 30/06/2011 Posted in Blog Entry No Comments
Death of a Volunteer

Sheilah Sweatman, Nelson SAR member, deceased at 29

Tagged with: accident, grim, SAR
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