NAS LR3 build with an overseas twist
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Ray_G
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Dealer actually offered a good price on the part and has a glass guy that comes there so I figured why not.
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Ray_G
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Yes sir, as you know we'll be there-shouldn't be hard to find!
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EricTyrrell
Expo God
One more strap and you have a Union Jack.
Ray_G
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Trust me...I'm going to find a reason to cross strap.
A few shots from the weekend at Twin Mountain attending the MEDIC SOLO Wilderness First Aid course which was phenomenal. More to follow when the course instructor posts pics, we got a little busy during the best parts so I don't have great action shots. That said, getting the wife and teenage daughter out for it was an incredibly positive training experience together.
Campsite; rollover demo vic in background.
So that others may live...
Family fun.
Good use of the volcano, smores on the left, camp fire tending on the right.
Fantastic training venue:
One shot fm final drill I managed to take (was secondary care provider at that point, basket has my 16yr old role playing a vehicle occupant that was ejected, unconscious and unresponsive w/head injury and positive MOI. Not fun to contemplate as a father.
Truck packed up.
More to follow in a detailed report, bottom line if you have ever considered a WFA/WFR course, DO IT.
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nwoods
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I have and I whole heartedly agree. Fantastic training.
Ray_G
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As alluded previously, this weekend my wife, daughter, and I joined with other like minded folks to attend a Wilderness First Aid course instructed by MEDIC SOLO (https://www.solowfa.com/). Two days of class that essentially takes basic first aid across a wide spectrum and makes it especially applicable to folks who could find themselves outside the 'golden hour' of medical response due to location, activity, etc. Or basically right in the grid square of folks like us. Difficult to understate how good it was to take the course. I've had some medical training in the past, focused mostly on stopping the bleeding, ensuring airway is open, stabilizing, treat for shock and evacuate (i.e. military self aid/buddy aid/etc). This was more, and better, given our hobbies. As the pictures illustrate one of the great things about the venue was the ability to tailor the final exercise for a vehicle rollover which was applicable to most of the attendees. That, coupled with Twin Mountain's facilities (pavilion, water, shower/bathroom trailer) and location (2hr from DC, 1 hr off interstate 81) all converge to make this an excellent experience.
The wife and I are now keenly looking at budgeting the time/expense for Wilderness First Responder sometime in the next year or so. For folks that are interested, I get the sense that MEDIC SOLO may come back to Twin Mountain in the future.
Pictures!:
Final exercise (vehicle rollover, passenger ejections/mountain bike rider injured fm incident), initial response where occupants were pretzeled up inside, one ejection was under the vehicle, etc
Absurd action shots (that's actually me w/the black bump helmet)
A better shot of the kiddo role playing
Earlier in the class. Hard to understate how great of a venue Twin Mountain is.
A new sticker.
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The wife and I are now keenly looking at budgeting the time/expense for Wilderness First Responder sometime in the next year or so. For folks that are interested, I get the sense that MEDIC SOLO may come back to Twin Mountain in the future.
Pictures!:
Final exercise (vehicle rollover, passenger ejections/mountain bike rider injured fm incident), initial response where occupants were pretzeled up inside, one ejection was under the vehicle, etc
Absurd action shots (that's actually me w/the black bump helmet)
A better shot of the kiddo role playing
Earlier in the class. Hard to understate how great of a venue Twin Mountain is.
A new sticker.
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Victory_Overland
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"I've received enough medical training" --- said no smart person EVER!
Looks like a great set up. We put on an off-road training and medical package for our NGO staff before they fly over to their sites in Africa. We try and get over their for annual refresh in country as well.
It's good to see others taking this stuff serious. I'm going to research these guys and see if I can attend and add their knowledge to our training package.
There honestly is never enough good quality training to take advantage of.
Congrats to you and the family on the course.
PM sent!
Looks like a great set up. We put on an off-road training and medical package for our NGO staff before they fly over to their sites in Africa. We try and get over their for annual refresh in country as well.
It's good to see others taking this stuff serious. I'm going to research these guys and see if I can attend and add their knowledge to our training package.
There honestly is never enough good quality training to take advantage of.
Congrats to you and the family on the course.
PM sent!
Ray_G
Explorer
It was a real XD; was a long way from saving long before it ended up on its side. I bought it several years ago for the rack-paid basically what an SD low rack is worth for the whole truck (first indication of condition). Rust throughout the entire truck was chronic. Drivetrain was decimated (4.0 was dead, ZF had had a coolant leak and likely had been run at over temp for too long, etc). Ultimately she was stripped for parts but the assessment by everyone that looked at it was that all that made her special at this point was the yellow paint. Briefly considered a body/frame swap but honestly the paint wasn't that good (some of that shows up in the pics) and given the time sink...well, she is in use now as you can see.
Ray_G
Explorer
Adam-
That was our calculus too. I knew plenty of purists would be upset that a 97 XD was being used like that, but also am cognizant that the truck went for sale for a song and nobody jumped on it to save her when it was listed, nor when I was parting her (many parts went to other XD owners actually to help those get back to right). Given that it was clearly a NJ truck for a long time (Princeton parking stickers attest), rust had killed her.
So now she lives on, so others may live so to speak.
r-
Ray