Second SEKI bud in a year on his last trail
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 9:27 pm
Boy what a couple of years. Guess that is what happens when you get old--your friends start to die off and your mortality becomes more and more a reality that cannot be denied.
Duncan Hollar (58) the Roaring River Ranger before me.
Larry Conn (early 50s)--someone we all know but few of us had the opportunity to meet.
Mark Urban (40) smokejumper killed while testing chute deployment device. A good friend and my son in law's best friend and the husband of my daughter's best friend.
Jack Farmer (85) backcountry horseman, good friend, loaned me his stock so I could pack my family into Roaring River when I was the ranger. A least Jack got a full measure but a loss none the less. When i tried to visit him this summer he was in SF getting checked out at a hospital there. I missed my last opportunity to share memories.
Flying down for a last campfire with old friends to reminisce.
Don't pass up an opportunity to make contact with people that matter in your life.
Mike
Duncan Hollar (58) the Roaring River Ranger before me.
Larry Conn (early 50s)--someone we all know but few of us had the opportunity to meet.
Mark Urban (40) smokejumper killed while testing chute deployment device. A good friend and my son in law's best friend and the husband of my daughter's best friend.
Jack Farmer (85) backcountry horseman, good friend, loaned me his stock so I could pack my family into Roaring River when I was the ranger. A least Jack got a full measure but a loss none the less. When i tried to visit him this summer he was in SF getting checked out at a hospital there. I missed my last opportunity to share memories.
Flying down for a last campfire with old friends to reminisce.
Don't pass up an opportunity to make contact with people that matter in your life.
Mike