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Certified wildland firefighters
As many of you know, this summer we are examining how climate change impacts the wildland firefighting industry. To prepare for this work we recently took a basic firefighter II training course and passed the pack test, a three-mile hike with a 45 pound pack in 45 minutes.
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[...] and the Spanish Peaks Wilderness – we took an annual wildfire training refresher and the dreaded pack test, 3 miles in 45 minutes with a 45 pound pack. Later that night, we celebrated around a campfire and [...]
Pingback by Benjamin Drummond / Sara Joy Steele / Blog » Blog Archive » Red-carded in Manhattan on April 23, 2009 at 12:09 am -
It looks like you had to step right along on this deal! Good thing you had level topography. I probably could have beat your time (with some oxygen & a golf cart).
Comment by diane on April 25, 2009 at 11:57 am
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