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North Shore Five-Four
My story about Tim Jones and North Shore Rescue....Ten years ago Doug Pope and I met on a popular local hiking site and began hiking the far reaches of the North Shore Mountains together. Not long after we met Doug decided to join North Shore Rescue.
(Much as I have always wanted to join myself, I never have due to my responsibilities at home as we raise an autistic son, now 18 years old)
About a year later, Tim and Doug launched a big project to improve the rescue team's knowledge base and margin of safety on calls. When Doug asked me to help out I was happy to get involved. The idea was to gather GPS data for as many North Shore trails as possible and to photograph significant landmarks and terrain features. In this way, team maps could be fine tuned and eventually all members would be able conduct ground searches more effectively. Obviously, this was a huge undertaking but Tim was neither deterred nor discouraged in the least. The project is ongoing, and many team members have contributed to the database over the years.
While we were out hiking the trails, Tim always insisted on monitoring the radio personally and having Doug check in with him to report on every detail. I first came to know him as that voice on the radio, North Shore 5-4. He was a man who got things done, with no use for protocol, but all the time in the world to sacrifice for others. I will miss him in more ways than one, but the legacy he leaves and the team he has trained is more than ready for the future.
North Shore Five-Four
My story about Tim Jones and North Shore Rescue....Ten years ago Doug Pope and I met on a popular local hiking site and began hiking the far reaches of the North Shore Mountains together. Not long after we met Doug decided to join North Shore Rescue.
(Much as I have always wanted to join myself, I never have due to my responsibilities at home as we raise an autistic son, now 18 years old)
About a year later, Tim and Doug launched a big project to improve the rescue team's knowledge base and margin of safety on calls. When Doug asked me to help out I was happy to get involved. The idea was to gather GPS data for as many North Shore trails as possible and to photograph significant landmarks and terrain features. In this way, team maps could be fine tuned and eventually all members would be able conduct ground searches more effectively. Obviously, this was a huge undertaking but Tim was neither deterred nor discouraged in the least. The project is ongoing, and many team members have contributed to the database over the years.
While we were out hiking the trails, Tim always insisted on monitoring the radio personally and having Doug check in with him to report on every detail. I first came to know him as that voice on the radio, North Shore 5-4. He was a man who got things done, with no use for protocol, but all the time in the world to sacrifice for others. I will miss him in more ways than one, but the legacy he leaves and the team he has trained is more than ready for the future.