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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="../assets/xml/rss.xsl" media="all"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Alex Kerney (Ski Patrol)</title><link>http://alexkerney.com/</link><description></description><atom:link rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://alexkerney.com/categories/ski-patrol.xml"></atom:link><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2018 02:04:49 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>https://getnikola.com/</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>A-Basin Patrol</title><link>http://alexkerney.com/2011/02/a-basin-patrol.html</link><dc:creator>Alex Kerney</dc:creator><description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This was originally going to be largely just a photo dump from my time on A-Basin Ski Patrol that I was going to automatically post sometime while I was out and about, but one of the pros died so I'm going to post this early.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And, not just one of the pros, but it was Leif who probably exemplified best what I love about working on ski patrol.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ski patrol usually involves amazing places. (Remember click to view bigger!)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="attachment wp-att-472" href="http://alexkerney.com/2011/02/a-basin-patrol/_dsc0208pano/"&gt;&lt;img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-472" title="_DSC0208pano" src="http://alexkerney.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC0208pano-494x153.jpg" alt="" width="494" height="153"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="attachment wp-att-472" href="http://alexkerney.com/2011/02/a-basin-patrol/_dsc0208pano/"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Interesting and amazing people.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="attachment wp-att-477" href="http://alexkerney.com/2011/02/a-basin-patrol/_dsc8371/"&gt;&lt;img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-477" title="_DSC8371" src="http://alexkerney.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC8371-494x327.jpg" alt="" width="494" height="327"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="attachment wp-att-476" href="http://alexkerney.com/2011/02/a-basin-patrol/_dsc8366/"&gt;&lt;img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-476" title="_DSC8366" src="http://alexkerney.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC8366-494x327.jpg" alt="" width="494" height="327"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="attachment wp-att-469" href="http://alexkerney.com/2011/02/a-basin-patrol/_dsc0029/"&gt;&lt;img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-469" title="_DSC0029" src="http://alexkerney.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC0029-327x494.jpg" alt="" width="327" height="494"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="attachment wp-att-473" href="http://alexkerney.com/2011/02/a-basin-patrol/_dsc1323/"&gt;&lt;img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-473" title="_DSC1323" src="http://alexkerney.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC1323-494x327.jpg" alt="" width="494" height="327"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But, not all of those people only have two legs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="attachment wp-att-475" href="http://alexkerney.com/2011/02/a-basin-patrol/_dsc1520/"&gt;&lt;img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-475" title="_DSC1520" src="http://alexkerney.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC1520-494x327.jpg" alt="" width="494" height="327"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="attachment wp-att-479" href="http://alexkerney.com/2011/02/a-basin-patrol/crw_4858/"&gt;&lt;img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-479" title="CRW_4858" src="http://alexkerney.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/CRW_4858-329x494.jpg" alt="" width="329" height="494"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And, the teamwork that the groups display between patrollers of whatever number of legs is astonishing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="attachment wp-att-470" href="http://alexkerney.com/2011/02/a-basin-patrol/_dsc0033/"&gt;&lt;img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-470" title="_DSC0033" src="http://alexkerney.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC0033-494x327.jpg" alt="" width="494" height="327"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="attachment wp-att-478" href="http://alexkerney.com/2011/02/a-basin-patrol/crw_4853/"&gt;&lt;img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-478" title="CRW_4853" src="http://alexkerney.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/CRW_4853-494x330.jpg" alt="" width="494" height="330"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="attachment wp-att-471" href="http://alexkerney.com/2011/02/a-basin-patrol/_dsc0105/"&gt;&lt;img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-471" title="_DSC0105" src="http://alexkerney.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC0105-494x327.jpg" alt="" width="494" height="327"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That teamwork makes it possible to make amazing things happen.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(This photo is explained by the following video)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="attachment wp-att-474" href="http://alexkerney.com/2011/02/a-basin-patrol/_dsc1372/"&gt;&lt;img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-474" title="_DSC1372" src="http://alexkerney.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC1372-494x329.jpg" alt="" width="494" height="329"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;http://vimeo.com/8790548&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="attachment wp-att-482" href="http://alexkerney.com/2011/02/a-basin-patrol/dsc_0038/"&gt;&lt;img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-482" title="DSC_0038" src="http://alexkerney.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0038-494x327.jpg" alt="" width="494" height="327"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="attachment wp-att-484" href="http://alexkerney.com/2011/02/a-basin-patrol/dsc_0059/"&gt;&lt;img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-484" title="DSC_0059" src="http://alexkerney.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0059-494x327.jpg" alt="" width="494" height="327"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="attachment wp-att-485" href="http://alexkerney.com/2011/02/a-basin-patrol/dsc_0070/"&gt;&lt;img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-485" title="DSC_0070" src="http://alexkerney.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0070-494x327.jpg" alt="" width="494" height="327"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="attachment wp-att-483" href="http://alexkerney.com/2011/02/a-basin-patrol/dsc_0050/"&gt;&lt;img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-483" title="DSC_0050" src="http://alexkerney.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0050-494x327.jpg" alt="" width="494" height="327"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="attachment wp-att-480" href="http://alexkerney.com/2011/02/a-basin-patrol/crw_5488/"&gt;&lt;img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-480" title="CRW_5488" src="http://alexkerney.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/CRW_5488-494x329.jpg" alt="" width="494" height="329"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="attachment wp-att-481" href="http://alexkerney.com/2011/02/a-basin-patrol/crw_5490/"&gt;&lt;img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-481" title="CRW_5490" src="http://alexkerney.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/CRW_5490-329x494.jpg" alt="" width="329" height="494"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I was going to finish off this post with this nice lighthearted pic, but I need one more after it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="attachment wp-att-486" href="http://alexkerney.com/2011/02/a-basin-patrol/dsc_0100/"&gt;&lt;img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-486" title="DSC_0100" src="http://alexkerney.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0100-494x327.jpg" alt="" width="494" height="327"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This last photo is of Leif and other members of patrol receiving awards from the National Ski Patrol recognizing the care that Leif and co. provided to a racer saving his life.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="attachment wp-att-487" href="http://alexkerney.com/2011/02/a-basin-patrol/_dsc8350/"&gt;&lt;img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-487" title="_DSC8350" src="http://alexkerney.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC8350-494x329.jpg" alt="" width="494" height="329"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;RSRD buddy&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><category>A-Basin</category><category>Ski Patrol</category><category>Skiing</category><guid>http://alexkerney.com/2011/02/a-basin-patrol.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 21:04:41 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>