Comments on: Smokejumpers https://www.dangerrangerbear.com/smokejumpers/ Wed, 27 Oct 2021 19:45:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 By: Gus https://www.dangerrangerbear.com/smokejumpers/#comment-29769 Wed, 27 Oct 2021 19:45:29 +0000 https://www.dangerrangerbear.com/?p=9056#comment-29769 A good friend in Medford was a jumper. Good human. Badass. He was the one that convinced me that every homeowner needs a pulaski. He was right.

One of my all-time favorite books is “Young Men and Fire” by Norman Maclean (yes, the River Runs Through It, Norman Maclean). It was his magnum opus and the research for it consumed many of the last years of his life. Have read it a couple of times, and ironically just finished the Audible version today, and then got the PDW email with the link to this article. Got that book when it came out in 1992.

Norman’s son wrote a similar book about the 1994 South Canyon/Storm King fire that killed most of a hotshot team from Prineville, a jumper, and others. Also a good book.

Thanks for this one.

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