Smokejumper: And Other Stories
| Author | : Swede Troedsson |
| Publisher | : Sweetgrass Books |
| Total Pages | : 101 |
| Release | : 2021-02-23 |
| ISBN-10 | : 1591522862 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781591522867 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (867 Downloads) |
Download or read book Smokejumper: And Other Stories written by Swede Troedsson and published by Sweetgrass Books. This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swede's adventures include a summer on a fire lookout, deployment as a Marine to Korea, smoke jumping, fire suppression, timber forester, aviation management, hunting, assisting Montana Game Wardens, ski patrol, an ambulance EMT, and back country rescue. During the course of his employment as a Forester with the Northern Pacific Railway and with the U.S. Forest Service, he broke a leg smoke jumping, fell through the ice on the Swan River, dodged falling trees during a wind shear event, almost got burned up twice, and lost a pickup truck in a fire entrapment.
