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Title: Legally blind hiker rescued from Lions after getting lost
Category: Strange
Posted By: Hyack
Date: 2015-03-14 21:20:21
Canadian

[andyt]

HSC trail isn't bad in summer, until you have to climb the West Lion, wich is a scramble, and people have become frozen on it from fear. The East Lion is class 4, wich means you should be roped up. But even just on the ridge, if you can't see properly or in bad weather, you can taka a wrong step and that's it. A girl died there recently after a rockfall.

Same with the Grouse grind. It's short, but very steep and people hiking in high heels have had to be rescued there. Guy died in an avalanche there some years back. Got swept into a gully and took some time to find him. People think the mountains are like Disneyland.

[Jabberwalker]

andyt andyt:

People think the mountains are like Disneyland.

Maybe, the M.E.C. should be devoting some of their takings to the SAR facilities on the West Coast.

[andyt]

Jabberwalker Jabberwalker:

andyt andyt:

People think the mountains are like Disneyland.

Maybe, the M.E.C. should be devoting some of their takings to the SAR facilities on the West Coast.

Not a bad idea. You should write them and suggest it. But why only on the West Coast?

[Jabberwalker]

I'm a member.

The West Coast is pretty dangerous and it is fairly unique, there, that you can take the city bus right up to potentially dangerous terrain, like that. There is certainly the potential for danger everywhere but you are surrounded by unforgiving landscapes in BC and parts of Alberta, like almost no other populace part of the country is.

[andyt]

Well, like I say, you should suggest it. They donate 1 percent of their income, some of that could certainly go to North Shore Rescue. They don't mention on their website that they do this sort of donation.

[Jabberwalker]

It makes more sense to do it out there than on the shores of the Buren Pennisula, say.

The donation could easily be in the form of mountain rescue gear. They would be able to purchase that more efficiently than somne government,probably.

[Tyler_1]

For a few awesome moments I thought maybe there really were Lions roaming Canada!

[raydan]

Tyler_1 Tyler_1:

For a few awesome moments I thought maybe there really were Lions roaming Canada!

I wasn't sure if it was real lions or the football team.

[Jabberwalker]

Tyler_1 Tyler_1:

For a few awesome moments I thought maybe there really were Lions roaming Canada!

... and some poor guy was walking around in circles in Commonwealth Stadium.

[andyt]

Jabberwalker Jabberwalker:

It makes more sense to do it out there than on the shores of the Buren Pennisula, say.

The donation could easily be in the form of mountain rescue gear. They would be able to purchase that more efficiently than somne government,probably.

North Shore Rescue isn't a govt organization. It gets some money from govt and also donations, to buy equipment. They may well already buy at least some of their stuff thru MEC and likely at a discount.

http://mediaroom.mec.ca/wp-content/uplo ... t-Fund.pdf

[Jabberwalker]

Btww, One of my nephews is a firefighter up Lynn Canyon way.

[Hyack]

Tyler_1 Tyler_1:

For a few awesome moments I thought maybe there really were Lions roaming Canada!

There are....2 of them overlooking the city....



And 2 more guarding the south end of the Lions gate bridge....

[Jabberwalker]

There's a big Grouch ... Mountain looming over the place, too.

Oh, and some pointy-headed nerd mamed "Seymour" .

[andyt]

Naw, Grouse doesn't loom. It's just a lump. Pretty at night when the lights go on. Seymour is much more loomy.