North Shore Rescue

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Missing Snowboarder Found Alive After 4 Days Lost on Mt. Seymour

James William Martin went snowboarding at Mt. Seymour on Sunday and had not been seen since. Word just came over the radio that he has been found alive and is being long lined to safety using the Helicopter Flight Rescue System (HFRS).

Read more on CTV

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posted by John Blown at 3:33 PM

15 Comments:

  • Incredible work! Thanks so much North Shore Rescue. I wish him all the best and a speedy recovery. What a blessing you all are.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 3:44 PM  

  • Thanks to the dedication and personal sacrifice of the North Shore Rescue team!

    They are heroes.

    Peter Breikss

    By Blogger hipeter, at 3:46 PM  

  • Congratulations on a job well done everyone. You really are heroes and everyone in Vancouver is incredibly blessed to have you watching out for us. I'm praying for a speedy recovery for him.

    By Blogger Michelle Evans, at 3:59 PM  

  • Thank god and the rescue workers.Jamie is an incrediblely tough kid.

    By Anonymous Kevin, at 4:06 PM  

  • Great Job NSR! Four days of hard work paid off. Thanks for helping others when things don't work out as planned (or not planned as may be the case..).

    By Blogger Kye Grace, at 4:11 PM  

  • Unfortunatly it wasn't four days of searching. If the resort would have reported this earlier...

    Nevertheless, proud be his cousin.

    You are my hero Big Jim

    By Blogger Mitchell, at 4:23 PM  

  • Great work NSR. What a gift for the family. Let's hope for a quick recovery for this young man.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 5:03 PM  

  • As the mom of a backcountry climber, I can imagine the terror his family has been experiencing. Thanks to the members of the search and rescue team who literally risk their own lives to bring home other people's loved ones. As some commenters have said, you are real heroes.

    By Blogger aniefromcorke, at 7:17 PM  

  • Did this guy intentionally leave the patrolled area or did he get disoriented and mistakenly leave the patrolled area? The CTV News article states that he thought he was "following the basic ski track". Are trails poorly marked up on Seymour or did he use poor judgement?

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 1:26 AM  

  • you go Mikelavigne!

    By Blogger nortonknob, at 3:34 PM  

  • I ride on Seymour and many other BC mountains. Seymour is the only mountain I have ever seen with a physical rope going around the entire mountain! It is not poorly marked and those who "mistakenly" go out of bounds are either blind or trying to pass blame on others. Lets take personal responsibility when we make a mistake.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:22 PM  

  • Congratulation on another successful rescue with a happy result, superp tracking and team work.

    By Blogger 58, 4 life, at 9:37 AM  

  • You truly are amazing people! Putting your life on the line everytime you go out to search for someone. I realize that without Jamie's determination he wouldn't have survived, but without your team he also wouldn't have survived. It must be such a gratifying,rewarding, amazing feeling to save someones life!!! And THANKYOU ALL from the bottom of my heart for saving my nephews life!!!You are truly hereos!

    By Anonymous Aunt Tracy, at 6:30 PM  

  • Thank you to the gentlemen from Whistler who came down and found Jamie. You men are angels.
    Thank you to EVERYONE who was manning a radio or in a helecopter or on the hill over those days of searching.
    I'd like to asure people who have written on here that Jamie is not the type of man to duck a rope and go out of bounds. He's used to Ontario hills and was only meaning to go down the green run.
    I can't say thank you enough.. so much love.

    By Anonymous Hilary, at 8:57 AM  

  • thank you everyone for your kind comments!

    By Blogger John Blown, at 2:06 PM  

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