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  1. #1
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    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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  3. #3
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    Nov 2003
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    Colorado
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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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