SUNDAY February 18, 1996 Horoscopes @ Hunter... 8 Sports... Hi Talking Personals...46 @ Travail. @ TV Listinggs.................. 16 @ Vintage Years............. fashion # Virani launches into spring: 13 m& Resort wear hits stores: 14 features @ Winter Games putl-out guide: 21 4 Financial Forum Dollars & Sense: 37 INCREASE YIELD. DECREASE RISK. Retirement Manning RRSPYRRIFs Retirement Sevings Bonus LET US FIND YOU THE RIGHT RRSP, FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 925-9210 MIDLAND _WALWYN BLUE CHIP THINKING Dammreneyrsanncnainuninne cogsrorngeqvten tennant vansmonner sarin 9 Ag Sigtos “g Zi CCE ERTS ‘Weather Monday: Periods of rain, windy High 10°C, flow 4°C. NEWS photo RESCUERS WHO aided Phillip Gander, who remains in critical condition, include (from back left then clockwise) Tim Jones , Hugh Ackroyd, Stan Soudat, Gord Ferguson, Bill Siegrist, Richard Foster Derek Lachapelle, Randy Hunter and Don Jardine. WHILE YOU were enjoying your Saturday night with friends, family or 102-channel television on Feb. 10, some North Shore Rescue members weren’t quite as comfortable. By lan Noble News Reporter They were attending to a severely injured hiker in a deep gully on Mount Seymour. That dramatic, complicated rescue was one of three searches North Shore Rescue was called to that weekend. Earlier, Adam Gander, the injured hiker’s brother, told the News he was a leader of a group of tO Venturers hiking in the Seymour trea on Feb, 10. The group arrived at a short, seep embankinent. Eighteen-year-old Phillip was the first to attempt to slide down it, But he couldn't stop himself on the icy slope and con- tinued into a steep gully lined with blue ice that dropped 455 vertical metres (1,500 feet). The incident occurred at 1:15 p.m. Due to confusion with another accident on) Mount Seymour atthe same time, members of North Shore Rescue were not alerted to Philip's trag- je Sal) ume) 4216 pan. Within 45 minutes. when paramedics ‘Tim Jones and Richad Foster had been deposited at North Shore squad battles terrain and time to save hiker Phillip’s side from a hovering helicopter, dusk was approaching and area temperatures drop- ping. Two North Vancouver hikers who were in the area had scaled the cliff with ice axes and crampons and tried to keep Phillip warm, Still, Jones, Foster and five other North Shore Rescue personnel found the hypothermic Phillip with massive head injuries and possible chest injuries, unconscious, ‘and not breathing adequately. As a result, he was experiencing seizures. Jones and Foster are two of only a handful of advanced fife support paramedics voluntcer- ing for B.C, search and rescue teams. They gave Phillip oxygen with a bag mask, applied a heat pack heater to provide ambient warmt air and gave him sedatives to siop his seizures. ‘hey also placed a tube down his throat to his lungs to prevent foreign obje such as voinit, from entering Phillip’s lungs. By the time the Labrador helicopter and Bulfalo aircraft arrived from Comox at 8 p.m. the rescue team had stabilized Phillip as best they could. Meanwhile, other Search and Rescue mem- bers were hiking to the scene with additional oxygen and other essentials in case Phillip and rescuers had to camp overnight in the valley. While the Buffalo aircraft lit the nighttime seene from above, the Labrador dropped highly trained SARTechs (Search and Rescue techni- cians) to the rescue scene. Jones and one SARTech were hoisted back into the Ladrador while Foster and a second SARTech hyperven- tilated Phillip with 100% oxygen. Hyperventilation was required because Phillip would not be able to breathe during the 60-foot journey from ground to helicopter, said Jones. The procedure bought Phillip a minute of time. As soon as Phillip'’s head poked through the batch of the helicopter, Jones had a bag and mask on Phillip to help him breathe. While viuiiip was heing transported to Vancouver General Hospital, Foster and the rest of the volunteer personnel were caching equip- ment and preparing to hike out. “LT think that was the smoothest rescue we've ever done,” said Jones. “It was a total team effort” Afier returning from the call, six North Shore Rescue personnel cleaned equipment and the tuck vauil § a.m. Sunday morning. Monday inoraing, they were out all night on another search. The volunteer rescue squad operates on donations.