This month I have been doing a lot of mentorship hours since we actually have snow. My mentorship has been great. I've learned all sorts of new stuff and have gotten to do all sorts of cool stuff. On my first day of mentorship I picked up obstacles and helped put up fencing and rope lines. The next day I went to my mentorship I got to take my friend down in a toboggan. This was just plain awesome! It was really fun because my mentor was egging me on to go faster and my friend was just in the toboggan screaming the entire time. I also refilled my vest with medical supplies. Some of the medical supplies that I included were bandaids, slings, roller gauze, medical tape, and trauma blankets. This made my vest so much fatter and heavier, but that's a good thing. The next day I went up was on Christmas for a couple of hours and I helped put up rope lines and clear off obstacles off the runs. I got to practice my clove hitch knots for this because its the knot we use to put up rope lines. The last day I went up, I trained a new guy. I showed him around and where all the runs were even though they aren't open. I showed him what to do like pick up obstacles, make sure people that are laying down on the runs are okay, make sure all of the fencing and rope lines are up when you go by them, and make sure everything is good to go. I also got to use my own radio for the very first time. This was interesting because it's a really heavy radio and I put it in my radio harness and every time someone would talk over it I got scared because I forgot it was there. I also blocked off the terrain park while they groomed it. At first I blocked it off physically because I was waiting for a drill. Then I put up rope lines and got to use the drill for the very first time. I drilled holes in the snow and then put PVC pipes and bamboo in the holes and then secured rope to the pipes and bamboo by using the clove hitch knot.
Here's a link to the video of me taking my friend down in the toboggan:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0VxWzGQBDFaVjBzdEN6WUxpNjQ/edit
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| All the supplies in my vest. There is a trauma blanket, 8 4x4 gauze pads, 4 rolls of gauze, 3 rolls of medical tape, an assortment of bandaids, 3 pairs of gloves, a wet wipe, 6 carabiners, 2 pocket knifes, 1 whistle, and 2 mouth pieces for CPR. |
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| This is the fencing I helped put up. This is used for making sure customers don't go into areas they aren't supposed to. In this case it's used to block off the gulch that isn't covered in snow. |
