Browse Reports By Period: 2019 RSS2019-12-16T15:50:00+0000Awesome day with awesome conditions with Majid Valad. Everything went as planned with a 7 am start from base with hike through 1st pump, 2nd pump and then Mt Seymour summit   Back at vehicle for 1pm with lots some good breaks for lunch and photos :)   David LeBlanc

]]>2019-12-16T15:50:00+0000Great night out, arrived at the hut in the dark on Friday night just before the downpour really started. Hut was great and lots of space for the four of us. The next day, scrambled along some ridges before hiking down. Met up with four other BCMC members who were spending Saturday at the hut. Walking track in well-marked and easy enough to access the hut. 

]]>2019-07-29T17:21:00+0000From event https://bcmc.ca/m/events/view/1551410988   Hi team. Thanks for coming out last Wednesday. I just wanted to follow up with two specific points on transceiver search and how they relate to the 4 scenarios we ran.    Our scenarios were quite ideal. Of our task force, we had two people on the transceiver strike team.  They were organized 15-20m apart and directly descended the slide path. This had good horizontal separation. Generally one searcher went for one victim respectively.    In our scenarios, if both searchers zeroed in (or believe they have zeroed in) on the same victim, what are we to do? We must mark the first signal, or otherwise make the transceiver "un-latch," then we must return to the coarse search path where we initially picked up the signal. We must ensure no part of the track or the deposit is skipped over. Put a single, obvious, piece of your own personal gear on the snow where you left your signal search. Do not use rescue equipment. Do not use something small. Do not abandon gear on the slope haphazardly; this can contaminate the scene in case avalanche dogs are required. Good items to use: helmet, ski pole, ice axe, picket. Bad items to use: ski, backpack, glove, tuque. These items are either required for travel, required for rescue, are too small, or contain a lot of scent. Perform your own discrete coarse search. Do not directly run over to the other strike team member; you may have found a unique signal. If you both have the same signal, ensure closer transceiver strike team member has a genuine signal and is competently zeroing-in on their victim. Once your transceiver is close enough to do so, flag; suppress; or mark the other strike team member's victim's transceiver. Perform micro strip or 3-circle method to ensure there is no close-proximity second burial. Return to the piece of gear you placed in step 1. Pick it up or put it back on. Resume signal search (or immediately start coarse search if you have the second signal).   In... Read more

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