Cascade Mountain Ski Patrol

Hi everybody,
I hope all is well, and that you're all having a great summer.   Now however, it's time to start thinking about the upcoming ski season.  Please mark your calendars with the following dates.

• Instructor Refresher - Sunday September 28th
• Patrol Refresher - Saturday October 18th
• CPR re-cert & patrol room clean-up - Sunday October 19th
• Chair Evac refresher- various dates during December (sign-up @ refresher)

Please Note: There will be no special refreshers, if you can't make Cascade's refresher on the 18th, you will need to attend another refresher in our region.  Also, to attend the Instructor refresher you must be planning on helping at the Patrol refresher on the 18th.
After you have received the detail information from Doug, and you have questions, please contact Doug or myself.

See you soon.
Joe

Just wanted to remind everyone about this Thursday night's night/self
evac. I haven't yet had the chance to check people off who were at the
refresher, but if you weren't, I assume you know that.

If you are planning on being there and haven't let me know, please do so,
so I can be sure to have enough instructors.

I plan on getting started right at 6 PM. We will either be using the
bunny lift or the north wall lift- depending on numbers.

A teaser- you just might see a slightly different way to rig the chair
that will prevent anyone from leaving the ground; with or without an
anchor person.

Sorry for not having been more dilligent about this, but there will be a
limited (like two or three) extra self evac rigs for people to try. If
you are interested in purchasing your own and haven't yet you will need a
figure eight, a locking carabiner, and either a harness or about 12 feet
of 1" climbing webbing, plus 150 ft. of at least 7 millimeter climbing
line. Again, if you haven't yet purchased this, it is much cheaper to
get online than a local store. I have enough for two or three to
practice/get certified on, on a first come/first serve basis.

Thanks, Keith

Tieing knots can be very confusing, but this website has some great knot tieing examples and animations.  If you are feeling a little rusty, check out Animated Knots by Grog.  Here are some direct links to the knots we use at Cascade. Figure 8 Traceback Figure 8 Bowline Double Bowline (not on Grog's Site_ Fisherman's Knot Self-Evac "Hasty Webbing Harness"

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Hi everyone, I hope your summer is going well, it's hard to believe that it's almost Labor day.I just wanted to send out a reminder that this years refresher will be on October 6th & 7th, and to plan on two full days.  We will be training on some new pieces of equipment this year, along with the Cycle C contents. We will also be offering CPR after the Chair evac on Sunday for those of you that haven't re-certified elsewhere.Complete refresher information will be coming shortly, so for now enjoy the rest of your summer.

Mark your calendars, the 2007 Refreshers will happen October 6-7 at Cascade Mountain.  Saturday is the OEC Refresher, and Sunday is the Chair Evac Refresher.  Watch your mailbox for more information!  --Andy

Created with Paul's flickrSLiDR.

Created with Paul's flickrSLiDR.

Chris Moe has pulled together a 4 page sheet that shows how to tie all of the knots that you need to know for refresher.  Please review and practice your knots so that Sunday morning goes quickly!http://www.cascadeskipatrol.org/files/EvacKnots_RopeSaver.pdf   (73 Kb)

• Fisherman's Knot
• How to pull a rope saver up, and get it back down
• Figure 8 and Trace Back Figure 8
• Bowline (w/ backup) and Double Bowline diagrams

Blue Ridge Mountain Rescue Group also has good photos on their site for some of these Knots.:  http://www.brmrg.net/knots.asp