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1-10-1: Three Numbers That Could Save Your Life

Jenna and Jenessa, ages 6 and 7, were recently enjoying a sunny, cold Christmas Day in Hutchinson, Kansas, by playing outside. Not far away was a pond, frozen over for the winter. They walked out onto the ice to slide and skate around, as little children often do, until about 20 feet from shore the ice ruptured beneath them. Both girls plunged into the frigid waters. What would you do? How would you help them? If you fell into a frozen lake, how would you survive? Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht, a ...

Posted by Hovey WMI on January 11, 2012 2:13 PM & Tagged NOLS, WMI, Wilderness Medicine Institute, ice and rescue | permalink | Comments



REI Foundation Funds Initiative to Get More Kids Outside

It has been widely reported that children are not as engaged in outdoor recreation compared to previous generations. As an outdoor retailer dedicated to increasing participation, how do we connect the next generation to the wonders of nature? The REI Foundation, the nonprofit organization supported by REI, is committed to reversing this trend by partnering with nonprofits across the country with youth programs that offer hands-on engagement and exploration of the outdoors. One such ...

Posted by Bethany H on January 10, 2012 2:18 PM & Tagged REI Foundation, The Mountaineers, children, seattle and volunteer | permalink | Comments



Winter in Yosemite: A Pair of Videos Contrast How It Is and How Lots of Us Wish It Was

In America's traditional winter wonderlands, people are wondering if they'll see much snow at all this winter. Consider Yosemite National Park where, like many areas of the country that are experiencing a dry, warm winter, snow is a no-show in January. A webcam in Ahwahnee Meadow shows a snowless scene on the Yosemite Valley floor, and high-elevation webcams on Sentinel Dome (which looks across the valley to Half Dome) and west from Turtleback Dome offer snow-free views that look downright ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on January 9, 2012 7:23 PM & Tagged Snow, Winter, Yosemite, Yosemite Nature Notes, Yosemite Steve and national parks | permalink | Comments



As Rainier Prepares to Reopen, A Few Words of Appreciation for Park Rangers

Park rangers are some of the nicest people you'll meet in some of America's prettiest places. Approximately 4,000 of them will be on hand to greet and assist visitors this weekend at the country's 397 national park units, including Mount Rainier National Park, which reopens Saturday (Jan. 7) at 8 a.m. PT after being closed since the almost unimaginable events of Sunday, Jan. 1. That is the day when ranger Margaret Anderson was shot and killed by a man who failed to stop at a tire-chain ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on January 9, 2012 4:06 PM & Tagged Mount Rainier, national parks, park rangers and rangers | permalink | Comments



Volunteering: One Couple Sets a Stellar Example of Service at Mount Rainier

Volunteers are exemplary people who dedicate themselves to noble causes. Yet how many act this nobly, or serve with such dedication? Meet Jim and Carol Miltimore, who in 2005 agreed to spend their retirement years serving as volunteers at Mount Rainier National Park, the great big mountain where they shared their first date and later exchanged vows on their wedding day. (Lovebird factoid: The two will celebrate their 20th anniversary on Oct. 10.) Since then the couple has donated more than ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on January 5, 2012 8:39 PM & Tagged Jim and Carol Miltimore, Mount Rainier, national parks and volunteer | permalink | Comments