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Rather busy last Saturday afternoon...
First page was for a fallen climber at Beacon Rock, an 840-some-foot-monolith along the Columbia River.
Because of the critical injuries, air support was requested. Coast Guard Group Astoria accepted the mission,
but were about an hour out... So a simple hoist probably wan't gonna happen
.
Packaged the patient in a litter, and began packing him out - Gak.
A couple of times it looked easier to divert off some gnarly bits of the trail, and my FSH(H) easily
gnawed through the brush to accommodate passage
.
From the trailhead, an ambulance took him to a nearby LZ and we threw him in a USGC JayHawk.
Then is was off to the 2nd mission we had running (pant, pant, gasp);
a kid with a dislocated shoulder at the 40' Falls.
My wife (River 7) and Dunner had already diverted to this mission, and were wrapping up the
rigging of the steep-angle ropes rescue raising system by the time I got there.
Part of setting up the system, was edge protection for the ropes at the top of the ravine.
River 7's Camp Tramp and Dunner's FSH(H) easily cut, and pounded in the stakes needed
to secure that edge-pro !
Once the raising was accomplished, the patient was unpackaged; that's Dunnner on the left.
BTW, the feller on the right sports a Ratweiler; Waseon is EVERYWHERE
!!
While the fates of neither of these SAR missions truly rested on knife use - its sure nice to
know the quality and utility of Waseon Steel is at the ready.
Be safe.
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First page was for a fallen climber at Beacon Rock, an 840-some-foot-monolith along the Columbia River.
Because of the critical injuries, air support was requested. Coast Guard Group Astoria accepted the mission,
but were about an hour out... So a simple hoist probably wan't gonna happen
.Packaged the patient in a litter, and began packing him out - Gak.
A couple of times it looked easier to divert off some gnarly bits of the trail, and my FSH(H) easily
gnawed through the brush to accommodate passage
.(Although there were some muttered references to "Holy Crap" by those nearby...)
by those nearby...)From the trailhead, an ambulance took him to a nearby LZ and we threw him in a USGC JayHawk.
Then is was off to the 2nd mission we had running (pant, pant, gasp);
a kid with a dislocated shoulder at the 40' Falls.
My wife (River 7) and Dunner had already diverted to this mission, and were wrapping up the
rigging of the steep-angle ropes rescue raising system by the time I got there.
Part of setting up the system, was edge protection for the ropes at the top of the ravine.
River 7's Camp Tramp and Dunner's FSH(H) easily cut, and pounded in the stakes needed
to secure that edge-pro
!Once the raising was accomplished, the patient was unpackaged; that's Dunnner on the left.
BTW, the feller on the right sports a Ratweiler; Waseon is EVERYWHERE
!!While the fates of neither of these SAR missions truly rested on knife use - its sure nice to
know the quality and utility of Waseon Steel is at the ready.
Be safe.
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