For the curious here: This video shows the rescue of my uncle. He used to climb the Grouse Grind, rain or shine every day before work. In 2009 he had a major industrial accident that left him with anoxic brain injuries. He only survied 23 hours with 13 broken ribs, both lungs collapsed and punctured because he was in "Olympic level cardiovascular health". One of the driving goals of his recovery was to go back to Grouse and fo the grind again. Well he did. His times went from under an hour before to under 3 hours after, but he got back to the Grind. At this point, in 2015, he had been doing the Grind again solo for over a year (with the blessing of his physiotherapist) despite not having any vestibular balance. He would fall over if he closed his eyes, and so he used hiking poles to feel the ground and stay vertical. On this particular day he unfortunately tripped and fell. It was at a point where they had 'guard' ropes to keep people on the path. Well he fell over it anyway and tumbled nearly 200' down the almost vertical embankment. Fortunately people saw him go over and there were off duty Firemen close by.... And the result was this video. In the end he earned 2-3 broken ribs and a broken back. If you are ever breaking your back, try to do it where he did... Right below where the spinal cord exits. It's a real pain in the @$$ but you get to walk away and tell the story with a bit of a smile. He just passed here 8 years after this video was taken. He was able to live on to go peacefully and more naturally because of the selfless service that North Shore Search and Rescue members give our community. Thanks again @NSR
thank you NSSAR and all who assisted in getting my uncle back off the mountain. He is no stranger to the Grind, having done it thousands of times over the past 15 years, it is one of the things in life that he lives for and is alive because of.
@@xplodemoto nope, it was Rick. He just passed last month, peacefully. Thanks to these fine folks he lived another 8 years and went of more natural causes.
NSR, I am a random person who found your channel b/c I like helicopters & rescue vids. Love your stuff, but it would be even better with some background, or narrative about what is going on! Even just a few words in the video description would help Thanks!
For the curious here:
This video shows the rescue of my uncle. He used to climb the Grouse Grind, rain or shine every day before work. In 2009 he had a major industrial accident that left him with anoxic brain injuries. He only survied 23 hours with 13 broken ribs, both lungs collapsed and punctured because he was in "Olympic level cardiovascular health". One of the driving goals of his recovery was to go back to Grouse and fo the grind again.
Well he did. His times went from under an hour before to under 3 hours after, but he got back to the Grind.
At this point, in 2015, he had been doing the Grind again solo for over a year (with the blessing of his physiotherapist) despite not having any vestibular balance. He would fall over if he closed his eyes, and so he used hiking poles to feel the ground and stay vertical.
On this particular day he unfortunately tripped and fell. It was at a point where they had 'guard' ropes to keep people on the path. Well he fell over it anyway and tumbled nearly 200' down the almost vertical embankment. Fortunately people saw him go over and there were off duty Firemen close by.... And the result was this video.
In the end he earned 2-3 broken ribs and a broken back. If you are ever breaking your back, try to do it where he did... Right below where the spinal cord exits. It's a real pain in the @$$ but you get to walk away and tell the story with a bit of a smile.
He just passed here 8 years after this video was taken. He was able to live on to go peacefully and more naturally because of the selfless service that North Shore Search and Rescue members give our community.
Thanks again @NSR
thank you NSSAR and all who assisted in getting my uncle back off the mountain. He is no stranger to the Grind, having done it thousands of times over the past 15 years, it is one of the things in life that he lives for and is alive because of.
was your uncle Al?
@@xplodemoto nope, it was Rick. He just passed last month, peacefully. Thanks to these fine folks he lived another 8 years and went of more natural causes.
NSR, I am a random person who found your channel b/c I like helicopters & rescue vids. Love your stuff, but it would be even better with some background, or narrative about what is going on! Even just a few words in the video description would help
Thanks!
A few words added