Rocky Mountain听Rescue
- Serving Boulder County and beyond since 1947
- April 20, 2015
鈥淵ou鈥檒l do what you think you want to do,鈥 one of Wallace Stegner鈥檚 characters remarked, 鈥渙r what you think you ought to do. If you鈥檙e very lucky, . . . the two will coincide.鈥 When the members of the Rocky Mountain Rescue Group learn that a fellow human being is in distress, what Westerners want to do and what Westerners ought to do coincide with precision and force. As you know to the core of your souls, the magic and appeal of the extraordinary baby直播app landscapes can take an instant turn to risk and danger. Carrying with you the sorrows from the times when death overruled your efforts at a 鈥渟ave,鈥 you live the truth of Stegner鈥檚 words, 鈥淏e proud of every scar on your heart. Each one holds a lifetime鈥檚 worth of lessons.鈥 At the sound of your pagers, you assemble your gear, mobilize your teams, accelerate 鈥渟ituational awareness,鈥 and pitch into your checklists, with the wisdom-enriched goal 鈥渢o make rescue boring.鈥 Wallace Stegner believed that 鈥渢he quality that most characterizes and preserves鈥 the West is 鈥渃ooperation.鈥 Had he known that the Center of the American West would, in 2015, give the award named in his honor to the Rocky Mountain Rescue Group, he would surely have said, 鈥淲hy did you wait so long?鈥