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03-31-2022, 09:06 AM #1
40 years ago today...
Another trip around old Sol folks. Remembrances today at the Alpine Meadows lodge and plenty of homes around the North Lake. Tip one tonight for Bernie, Beth, Jake and snow ranger Don. And another for anyone else who has ever done the job. Cheers
"if you plant ice, you're gonna harvest wind..."
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03-31-2022, 11:29 PM #2
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Here is some information about A3's Kingery award. BERNIE KINGERY AWARD
Recognizes sustained career contributions by dedicated avalanche field professionals. Candidates are primarily engaged in avalanche forecasting, mitigation, research or education and safety.
This award is in honor of John Bernier Kingery's long career of ski patrol and snow safety work. Kingery became the Mountain Manager of Alpine Meadows Ski Area and was killed there in 1982 in the most deadly avalanche in North American ski area history. This award is for A3 Professional Members.
Recipients
2020 - Bill Williamson
2016 - Doug Richmond, Kelly Elder, and Ethan Greene
2013 - Craig "Sterbie" Sterbenz
2012 - Gary Murphy
2011 - Leif Eric Boregson and Tom Murphy
2010 - Russell "Rusty" Johnson and David W. Lovejoy
2008 - Karl Birkeland
2007 - Randy Elliott
2006 - Bruce Tremper
2004 - Tom Kimbrough
2002 - Don Bachman
2000 - Liam Fitzgerald
1998 - Jim Hackett (Posthumously)
1997 - Binx Sandahl (Deceased)
1996 - Larry Heywood
1995 - Rod Newcomb
1993 - Bernie Kingery (Posthumously)"True love is much easier to find with a helicopter"
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