WFR, Ice, and adventures where the grass is green
Last night we ran a simulated mass casualty incident in the woods outside of town, to test our students ability to perform medical care under duress. As they ususally do, they excelled despite out best efforts to shake them through the generous application of pig guts, stage blood, smudge fires, and screaming. Always with the screaming. But the reasoning goes, if they can perform under these most intense of situations, when confronted with the far more probable reality of a simple car accident or broken ankle in the backcountry, they will have little trouble. But the intense 9-10 hours a day these last 8 days takes a toll on student and instructor alike, and we are all glad the final exam is tommorrow. They are ready for it, and I am ready to begin tailoring the program for this fall's semester long class. There is much work to be done.
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I was sitting in the living room tonight and got to looking at some photo's of Antarctica that a friend of mine took. Looking at them, I felt like I was there. I was cold. I remembered the snow on New Year's Eve, how the wind bit my gloveless hands on Thanksgiving. I could taste the Kiwi beer, hear the music at the Helo Hangar party, the Halloween party, the 70's party, all the parties that blended together. I could see my friends, and the scores of people and handful of places that made up my world for so long. It is hard to think that I won't be back this season. Hopefully down the line, but it is hard to say. I guess the grass is always greener in the other hemisphere... I can also remember, when I take the time to do so, the acute homesickness. But staying busy helps keep me happy with where I am. Speaking of happy with where I am, how about a picture from last week's trip to Coal Mine Canyon:
posted by Jared | 8:28 PM
9 Comments:
One dosn't have to go another hemisphere to see greener grass.... you should see it here after the spring rains..! Kem
Notes for your semester long class: a little tear gas and you won't need all those animal parts. Also, the students will provide their own yelling.
One has to ask...... how does guillermo know what effects tear gas really has....?
Hey, it isn't my fault that police have trouble distinguishing rioters from curious spectators that happen to be holding expensive televisions.
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