RCR DOES NOT CARE ABOUT YOU! PLEASE READ!!!

stevoid

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This is important! Please read through the entire thing. NEWSCHOOLERS;

RCR does not care about your safety and well being. They care only about

financial and legal security. Their removal of manmade jumps was not an attempt

at taking the “moral high ground”; this is something that does not exist to

them. They proved this on January 2nd of this year at Lake Louise in

Banff National park. I will not use names in this for the sake of the person

involved and his family, but those of you who know him will certainly recognize

who it is.

After a day of skiing, this person, a 23 year old man with

only one course to complete for his university degree, had a heart attack in

the Lake Louise day lodge washrooms. He was found

shortly, unconscious. CPR was performed on him for 30 minutes before the

ambulance arrived. When EMS arrived, it was decided that

he needed to be airlifted by STARS rescue helicopter. He is now in a coma in

the intensive care unit.

Now there are two problems with the story above. Why was a

normal ambulance called in the first place? Why wasn’t STARS called

immediately? Second, and the major point of this post, is this; after even just

5 minutes of CPR, why was he not defibrillated? Simple; because it is not

mandatory, Lake Louise does not have a defibrillator.

That’s right; a young man is now in a coma that he will be

lucky to live through because RCR was too damn cheap to buy a simple,

inexpensive piece of equipment that even YMCA swimming pools have. If he lives,

he may be a vegetable; he will almost certainly have some brain damage, and at

a minimum will likely have to learn everything he has learned over again. How

to move, talk, eat, walk….. Ski.

RCR, thank you for taking your moral high ground and

shitting all over it just to show us what your deal really is. We appreciate

the knowledge that you really are the scum you appear to be.

Please pray for the family and their son. They’re going to

need it.
 
That's too bad, RCR should have defibrilators at their ski hills. It's pretty stupid that they don't seeing as people exert themselves regularly there, but we all knew they didn't care about us before anyway
 
louis today holy tits.

there were a couple choppers at louise today.

btw some guy put both my arv's in the same rack on the gondola.

and they dont even load you on the gondola, you have to put them in yourselves. wtf?
 
coincidentally, i was actually in mineral springs, staring at the x-ray of my broken upper arm with the on-site doctor when he got the call about this. supposedly the man had been through 'nearly 30 minutes of resucitation'. well wishes to he who has been to the other side, my thoughts go out the you mate.

sadly enough, it may take a death before louise actually cleans up its act. it was depressing out there the other day. the place looks sooo run down...it almost brought a tear to my eye. especially looking at the 'park'. the whole atmosphere so low right now its terrible. speaking to crew working out there, they say they are being treated like shit, and a mass walkout is on the cards. management is really destroying what used to be a beautiful place to ride. RIP to the Louise of old, we may never have you back unfortunately
 
"the louise of old", aren't you from australia? How long have you been here? THe louise of old was a louise where they never had ER 5 open or ER 6 or most of the whitehorn 2 gullies. Nowadays they have a lot more expert terrain open, even if it's been a slow snow year and most of it hasn't opened yet. You can lament all you want about the loss of the park but the mountain's still the same. And louise really only had a really good park for a few years in there. It was a shitty park before when they had it on juniper.

But it's really bullshit they didn't have a defibrilator there and had to do CPR for 30 minutes, a defibrilator is really helpful and I know they have them in a lot of restaurants even and a world class ski resort doesn't even have one. That's stupid.
 
yes, i am from australia, and by no means have i ever 'lived' in lake louise, banff or even alberta for that matter. but over the past seven years, i have had several 'extended' stays in banff, ranging from between two weeks and 8 weeks at a time. my opinion is that, park aside, the morale/atmosphere/vibe around louise when i was up there just a week ago was really low. speaking to employees who had been working there for years, they say management has really gone downhill.

on mountain, i thought that there was a lack of on-mountain work and patrol in existence. ER7 has been open when it blatantly should be closed, for one example. rocks in the paraidse were dangerously exposed without caution or determent. that is just two of many.

it was the overall atmosphere of the place which really brought a tear to my eye. and i have been going there since well before the days of the unbelievable 03/04/05 park...i honestly dont really care if there isnt a park there
 
Lake Louise does have a defibrillator, ive seen it before. Why it wasnt used im not sure but if i were you i would try and get some actual facts straight first because you dont seem very credible.

My main point though is shame on you for using this as a tool in your little RCR park argument. They have nothing to do with each other and you know it. I cant believe anyone would be low enough to use this tragic incident to try and discredit RCR because they didnt get their full park this year.
 
Yea I don't actualloy care about their park; I coach at Sunshine every weekend of the year anyways so I never go there. I was making a point about their "moral high ground". And they may have had one at one point, but I'm pretty sure they don't anymore.
 
they took Eric off life support on Friday.

rest in peace buddy, you will be missed more than you know. shred endless pow up there.

much love to his friends and family.
 
im sorry man, this is the kinda of story that just gets to me

you will be missed, shred some for all of us up there
 
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