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| Woohoo! New Year at the Tyax lodge... well not really, it turned out to be my regular run of the mill new year with me being in bed after two beers by 9:30. I was up at the ski lodge for a week of training in anticipation of the ski season. I was the "fill in guy". Todd Cooper was the main pilot up there, he had worked there previously for the helicopter company that held the contract prior to us. I would spell him off when he took time off so I ended up doing two or three week long tours there throughout the winter. It is a nice area with not bad flying conditions (if you ignore the wind!) and a great bunch of guides which definitely made the work easier. Those tours were quite the education, I didn't do much flying however, in fact I didn't make enough to cover my bar tab while I was there! I learnt just how much trouble Kiwis can be though... okay okay, I wont generalize but this particular 'wanker' was a great source of entertainment. I can still picture him, after introducing me to the joys of drinking tequila from a barmaids belly, massaging this poor girl on the bar counter with a look on his face that could have been included in the OED as an illustration of the term "shit eating grin!" Good little Greg behaved himself though and it was just as well, when I got back for another tour I was called in for hepatitis shots. Apparently the crew were a fairly tight and not to mention friendly bunch. |
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Moving into my own apartment. yoga. kids visits on weekends, golf |
| Canadian eh! Drive to cranbrook - overnight in car at minus 5 for 10 minute exam |
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| What do I really want to do/ can I give up flying? Terry leaving , freedom of flying |
| 10 day tour in Jasper gyh - railway fire after cancelled burn on hawk mtn - oilers hockey mania |
| PG tour- jet boating in ft st. James - lunch at the Nechacko lodge - moving a drill in finbow PHOTO then on to Blue river for tours and heli-fishing with mortgage salesmen. |
| Second tour
in Jasper - rappel/IA crew MOVIE , JPL/fire 11 with a jetranger, setting
bridges PHOTO- russian exchange student -Paul (airspan) and Robb burns
(last night out, glasses from the whistle stop, kids club, dutch blonde) 20 yr old riding horse, femoral artery within 1 hour after leaving stable, died within 2 miles of town. |
| ACC trips
and resupply - stopping off for coffee PHOTO- brad (bad air Canada joke)
FTC to hoodoo cabin -
stopped for coffee cabin built 1928 - floor being replaced (Norm, Pete,
Reg and Brett)
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| 5 days off end of july - two days + with kids Kamloops hospital fly fishing with Bob, Paul and Stephanie |
| Romanian woman crying on tour when I took her through robson glacier crevasse field |
| Drill moves and crew in Finbow in new 407 |
| Caribou survey and poop collection PHOTO |
