Ep 64 - Strathcona Park Heli Rescue - Jes Scott and Erica Ellefsen

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4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Jes Scott and Erica Ellefsen set out to travel 80km from Mt. Washington to Flower Ridge over eight days. Their goal was to climb eight of Strathcona Park’s tallest and most remote mountains. Strathcona Provincial Park is the oldest provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, and the largest on Vancouver Island. They wanted a trip that was physically demanding but less scary than their usual mountaineering trips. Listen in to this episode to hear what went wrong during their traverse and how their Garmin InReach device was the tool they needed to get rescued. You can read more about this accident on Jes’s personal blog: https://webelongoutside.com/2020/08/a-long-traverse-in-strathcona-park-where-many-things-go-wrong/ This podcast is produced by Ashley Saupe and backed by the American Alpine Club. Episode sponsors include Rocky Talkie, Garmin, Wilderness Medicine Reference App and Desert Mountain Medicine. Sign up to win the Garmin InReach Mini on Instagram by tagging a friend AND sharing one thing you learned from this episode. I will do the drawing May 15th. Good luck! Get 10% off Rockie Talkie radios at www.rockytalkie.com with code SHARPEND Become a Patreon: patreon.com/thesharpendpodcast! Buy a Sharp End top: https://www.bonfire.com/sharp-end-tops/ Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thesharpend Poke around my shiny NEW website: www.thesharpendpodcast.com

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0:00.0	You're The This is the Sharp-N-Pend podcast. I'm Ashley the creator of the show. You guys, this is super
0:30.4	exciting news. Today's episode has been sponsored by the Garment Inreach Mini
0:34.5	satellite communicator.
0:36.0	And as we've discovered on this show,
0:37.8	adventuring can be a dangerous endeavor.
0:40.3	With the Garment Inreach Mini,
0:41.8	there's great comfort in knowing that Home was a button pressed away with global two-way messaging, SOS alerts, and more.
0:48.0	The communicator's lightweight compact design makes it an easy choice to bring along on your next expedition.
0:53.4	Explore confidently with Garmin and guess what? To kick off this new three month
0:58.6	partnership we are giving away an in-reach money. So stay tuned to the end of the episode to learn how you can enter to win.
1:06.6	This episode is also supported by the brand new Wilderness Medicine Reference app.
1:11.4	Wilderness Medicine Reference is an offline application that gives extensive information regarding the assessment, treatment, evacuation, and prevention strategies for common traumatic injuries, medical conditions, and environmental illnesses encountered well-recreating in the backcountry.
1:25.6	In addition, it contains extensive content addressing subjective decision-making errors and
1:30.0	their influence in backcountry accidents, as well as providing checklist functions which attempt to ritualize and structure decision making around this vexing problem.
1:38.0	Download this important app today.
1:41.0	I have had many guests tell me that better communication could have helped
1:44.6	prevent their accident. So I was stoked when Rocky Talkie reached out. Rocky Talkies
1:49.4	are backcountry radios designed by a small team of climbers from Denver.
1:53.2	These radios are lightweight, waterproof, durable, and the most cost efficient radios
1:58.0	on the market.
1:58.9	The battery life is impressive too.
2:01.1	They're great for backcountry skiing, rock climbing, caraviding on
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