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Archive for March, 2007

In case you don’t know enough yet

Monday, March 5th, 2007

About me, I mean, our friends Eisha and Jules over at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast have posted their interview of me. So if you’re wondering what more I can possibly reveal, leave it the Seven Impossiblers to ferret it out.
Seriously, I love their interviews of bloggers and authors. It’s like Inside the [...]

Skull fractures are our friends, and other loose bits of trivia

Sunday, March 4th, 2007

First of all, let me honestly report that all these WFRs and our instructors are just so damn cool. I love hanging out with mountain people and river people and generally outdoor people like this. Everyone has a story or two or ten, and it’s great to sit back and wait for everyone [...]

The 300 Club

Saturday, March 3rd, 2007

Sometimes the coolest things you learn at Wilderness First Responder class are from the stories the other students tell during breaks.
One woman spent some time working at the South Pole, and someone asked her what the coldest temp was there. She said it got down to minus 102 degrees (ambient) (meaning–I had to check–the [...]

Ought to be an interesting night

Friday, March 2nd, 2007

Shows you how much things can change in just two minutes.
I was rushing through dinner because we got into Gunnison much later than I expected, and I still haven’t studied ONE BIT for my Wilderness First Responder recertification class that starts tomorrow morning, and they give you a multiple choice test coming in, and if [...]

Ugandan clinic princess

Friday, March 2nd, 2007

Haven’t you had those times of totally misjudging someone, then finding out later how wrong you were?
A few days ago my husband had to do a site visit at some condo complex, and the property manager let him into one of the units where a college girl lived. The place was totally plush–granite countertops, [...]

Busting out of here because . . .

Thursday, March 1st, 2007

We’re hitting the road again today, husband, writer, and dog, heading for Colorado to relax for a while because:
I AM ABOUT TO GO ON TOUR!
First things first. Some of you may know I’m a Wilderness First Responder. Which means I’m a certified medical expert in all matters dirt and flesh and bone. [...]