GoPro Hero, first impressions
I got a GoPro Hero camera for Christmas. I figure since I do some exciting things on occasion I may as well record some of them. I have a few friends who’ve bought this camera, and almost everyone has seen …
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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 …
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 …
On Olympic Aspirations
Rescuing an Olympic Skier in 2010
Recounting my part in rescuing an Olympic Athlete during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics
The Olympic Imperative
From left, Brian "Fish" Fishbook, Buck Corrigan, Me, Peter Marshall, Nick Zupan
Two days of training at the men’s and women’s downhill skiing course, and one day to go before racers start practising. First, some terms of reference: there are just about 2400 blue-clad volunteers for the men’s and women’s downhill, and …
My Olympic Sport (Part 2)
(continued from Part 1) So, through hook or by crook, I’ve been trained to dangle from a helicopter as a rescue technique. How, may you ask, did that get me to the Olympics? A few years ago, Vancouver won the …
My Olympic Sport (Part 1)
I first volunteered for Search and Rescue in 1999. A friend of mine in university suggested it to me. It came up after a discussion about a high school friend of mine who had died on a mountain near Hope; …