Photo credit: David Savoie<\/em><\/p>\nThis moved our elder statesman patroller, Doug MacLean, to suggest an article about his women colleagues for this newsletter. MacLean has been with the Canadian Ski Patrol at Martock for more than six decades. He is a man of few words, but he described the women on the Martock Patrol as having \u201cstrength and positivity.\u201d<\/p>\n
He was impressed by a poem one of our female patrollers wrote about being on the patrol. This is an excerpt from The Strength of the Carabiner<\/em> by Jillian Sabadash:<\/p>\nLike a carabiner clipped on a climber\u2019s line,
\nClipped in strong makes us align,
\nOur patrol stands firm and fast,
\nFirst on snow and last to pass.<\/em><\/p>\n\u2026<\/em><\/p>\nClick of metal, snap of care
\nWe splint, sling, and patch in frosty air.
\nShout out to women who patrol with great pride,
\nAnd to the guys who stand by our side!<\/em><\/p>\nIt was Tineke Murray\u2019s idea to do the photo shoot. She took video of Martock women patrollers in action. \u201cI joined ski patrol because I wanted to prove to myself that I could do something I never thought I was capable of,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd along the way I\u2019ve found lifelong friendships and met incredible women who are challenging themselves and proving the same thing every day.\u201d<\/p>\n
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