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Monday, July 20, 2009
About smokejumping: part 2 of 2
This is good short news piece (about 2 minutes) on the Redmond smokejumpers. If you want to know more about the Redmond smokejumpers go here.
For more information about what the life of a smokejumper is like, see this four minute video by Scott Wickland of the North Cascades Smokejumper base in Wintrop,WA.
Finally, a short profile, written in 2004, of two smokejumpers -- a thirty year veteran and a women with 15 years experience may be found here.
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Hey, thanks for posting that vid of "Wicky", that's one that I've never seen before! It's cool know that there is someone else out there writing about jumpers- thanks again!
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