The rolling hills and steep drop-offs at Iron Horse offered the perfect atmosphere for Remote Medical International employees to provide an orientation to these Soldiers in high-altitude rescue training. The 1,600-acre park is snuggled within the Cascade Mountains, and is a scenic rock-climbing venue for local hikers, climbers and recently, Madigan Soldiers.
Soldiers holding the blue and orange cords representing the main and belay ropes began heaving both the rescuer and the rescued back up the mountain - all part of what professionals call high-angle rescue.Ībout 60 enlisted Soldiers from Madigan Army Medical Center spent a week in August at Iron Horse State Park near North Bend, Wash., learning the ins and outs of high-angle mountain rescue procedures to prepare hospital Soldier-medics for the rigors of saving lives in the violent terrain of Afghanistan. "Ready main! Ready belay! Pull them up!" bellowed Aaron Orr to the Soldiers positioned directly below him, awaiting orders to hoist up two Soldiers suspended 30 feet below the craggy cliff face. IRON HORSE STATE PARK, near North Bend, Wash. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 4 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. 17 to 21 at Iron Horse State Park near North Bend, Wash. Andre Williams, who works in Madigan's Ophthalmology Department, assists Soldiers suspended on the cliff by holding the main line during high-angle mountain rescue training Aug. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 3 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption –
The company trained about 60 hospital Soldiers in high-angle rescue techniques. Maria Butalid, a Madigan Soldier-medic, learns how to tie a figure-8 knot by Matthew Griffin, an employee of Remote Medical International.
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