Sunday, March 6, 2011

Wilderness First Aid Training















Twin Creeks Science Lab is located in the GSMNP just outside Gatlinburg on the Cherokee Orchard Road. The sign to it says "Official Business Only". So this was my first look inside this "green" building funded partially by one of the "friends" organizations I belong to. Built in 2007, it is quite a unique structure. I particularly liked the resource library located on the left of the above image.















Here is my fellow trainee, Gary, with his makeshift leg splint. I used his hiking poles and a bunch of stuff that I would likely have found in hikers' packs, to construct this splint.















We treated folks with head wounds during the training. Carl, above, fell out of a tree while hanging a food bag.
















Gary patched me up with this arm splint made with an umbrella, Wal-Mart bags and a bunch of other handy stuff.

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Apr 1 Golden Club at Betty McGee Creek

  Off Thornburg trail I spotted these in the creek and again later in the day in Hannahs Creek. It is always a treat to see them blooming.