I’m now a Woofer

Today I finished up a Wilderness First Responder (WFR, pronounced woofer) class. It’s somewhere between an EMT and Advanced First Aid. I’m a big proponent of the ignorance is bliss school of thought and this class only reinforced that. I was much happier going out into the mountains before I knew all the stuff that can wrong and how hard it can be to get people out of the backcountry. I think I’m going to spend my time reading at the library from now on (and no I do not want to hear about any diseases I can catch from all the germs on the books). Actually the class was really good, it was just a lot of information to absorb in 80 hours. Hopefully I’ll never have to use any of it, but hopefully I’ll remember at least some of it if I do need it. I didn’t learn anything that will change what I’ve been doing, but I probably will be spending a little more time indoors. Tomorrow there is a 40% chance of snow with a high of 39 and a low of 19. Sounds like winter is about to begin.