Episode 169 - Welcome back Chris BB - Wilderness First Aid, White Mountain History - Stories from the WODC

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This week we welcome back Chris Broughton Bossong, AKA Chris BB. Chris BB is an instructor at the SOLO Wilderness Medical School and also involved in various search and rescue team organizations. Chris will share some of his recent adventures and we will talk about outdoor education and safety. Plus the Appalachian Trail Fastest Known Time has been broken, we have a couple of stories of people getting lost in the wilderness while attempting life changing missions - one involves a lost grandpa in Scotland in search of the most remote pub in Scotland and another involves a gentleman who went on a Vision Quest in the North Cascades of Washington only to realize he should have brought some food. A lawsuit settlement over a Snowmobile crashing into a helicopter, some history from the Wonalancet Outdoor Club, Recent hikes on Mount Chocorua, Mount Prospect and Jennings Peak, plus search and rescue news from Mount Madison, Mount Tecumseh and Mount Percival.

This weeks Higher Summit Forecast

About Chris / SOLO

SOLO Classes

Wilderness First Aid

Topics

• Mrs. Stomp reads the Forecast!

• The Voice

• Foliage Talk / Going to the fair / Reklis Event

• Tara Dower Breaks the AT Fastest Known Time

• Dafty Granda lost in the Scottish Highland trying to find a pint of beer

• Guy gets lost trail running in the North Cascades - spent 30 days in the woods with no food

• Grizzly Bears reintroduced to North Cascades

• Snowmobile crashes into Blackhawk Helicopter

• White Mountains History - Wonalancet Outdoor Club (WODC)

• Recent Hikes on Mount Chocorua, Mt. Prospect, Jennings and Noon

• Notable listener hikers

• Guest of the week - Chris BB

• Recent Search and Rescue news

Show Notes

• Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews

• SLASR Merchandise

• SLASR LinkTree

• LELT Race Series

• Pleasant Mountain Race

• Foliage update

• Grandpa survives 7 days after vanishing, trying to find Scotland's remotest pub.

• Video of the Old Forge Pub - Inverie for a free pint in The Forge

• Another person goes on a vision quest and ends up lost for 30 days - North Cascades

• Reintroduction of Grizzly Bears into the North Cascades

• Lawsuit over Snowmobile Driver hitting a Blackhawk Helicopter has been settled in favor of the Snowmobile Driver for 3.3 Million

• WODC Newsletters

• Story of the Heermance shelter on Mount Whiteface

• Shout out to George Zink - former president of WODC

• George Testified in congress in support of establishing the Sandwich Wilderness in 1984

• Overnight rescue Mt. Madison

• Hiker rescued, Percival Trail

• Rescue on Mt. Tecumseh

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