Background:
On November 5,1995, U of O students Frank Allard and Michael Casey were
caught in an early winter blizzard while backpacking and climbing on a
private trip in the Three Sisters Wilderness in Oregon's central Cascades. As
a result of whiteout conditions, they failed in their attempt to return to their
base camp, and succumbed in the storm.
The Allard and Casey Memorial Safety Library was created by the UO
Outdoor Program and the Associated Students of the University of Oregon
in response to this tragic accident. This Library makes a variety of state-of
the-art wilderness safety and rescue gear available for the use of the student
body at no cost.
Come by and check it out!
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Safety Library Philosophy:
The goal of the Memorial Library is to make outdoor safety equipment avail
able to U of O students in order to lessen the risks inherent in wilderness
travel. Ultimately, safety is the responsibility of the individual and to a lesser
extent, the group the individual is a part of. Each individual and group must
take advantage of all resources available in order to make safe decisions in
high risk outdoor activities. Those resources include personal outdoor skills
and experience, proper equipment, common sense and good judgment, careful
planning, weather awareness, and much more. The safety and rescue equip
ment available from this library can at best serve as only one small part of a
total safety effort. One should never make a decision whose success counts
on the usability, accuracy, or effectiveness of any electronic equipment! This
means that you should not undertake an activity with electronic aids that you
would not undertake without those aids.
ndji emergency communications. Users need to be aware that many
wilderness areas have poor or no coverage, although coverage is
increasing each year. It is often necessary to climb to a ridgetop to
establish a connection. The phones are for emergency use only, and
the user is responsible for all phone company charges.
VHF radios: VHF radios are exclusively for use while on the water,
primarily sea kayaking and sailing. They have a range of between 15-30
miles, and are very useful for obtaining marine weather forecasts, for
communicating with the Coast Guard and with other boats.
GPS units: Garmin Global Positioning System units are avail
able for use as navigational aids in wilderness travel. Utilizing
satellites, the system is accurate to within 300'. It's most common use in
backcountry travel is to aid a traveler in returning to a particular point, such
as camp or the car. They are also extensively used in sailing.
Avalanche transceivers: Ortovox FI transceivers are available
to aid in locating persons buried by avalanches. A video is available
for training purposes. Selection of a safe route and observing ava
lanche warnings are your best ways of avoiding a avalanche in the first
place. Few persons survive being buried by an avalanche, even if found
quickly through the use of a transceiver.
Avalanche probes, shovels: Both sectional probes and lightweight
shovels are available. This equipment is essential in addition to the transceiv
ers for locating and extracting persons buried by snow.
Books and videos: A wide variety of instructional videos and books are
available at the Library. Topics include mountain rescue, avalanche awareness,
river rescue, GPS instruction, and wilderness first aid to mention a few.
Availability*.
The gear is available for any UO student or Outdoor Program participant to
use on outdoor adventure activities. There is no charge for any of the gear,
although any cell phone use must be reimbursed. Users are also responsible
for any loss or damage.
O.P. Contact Info
O.P. Events E-mail List
The Outdoor Program has a popular e-mail list of those that would like to
receive a notice of the current week's upcoming on campus events. Fill in
the submission form on our web page, or send an e-mail directly to
dgeiger@darkwing.uoregon.edu with a subject message, "add events list"
and nothing in the message body.
World Wide Web Page
Once again the Outdoor Program is exploring the wilderness, except in this
case, it's the virtual wilderness: the Internet. You can now find the latest
information about OP trips, events, environmental concerns, and much more
at the OP's World Wide Web site.
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~opwww
Event, trip and general OP Information: 346-4365
OP Trip Facility (Bam): 346-4371
Coordinator: 346-3730
Assoc. Coordinator 346-0636
Address:
EMU Outdoor Program, Uof O, Eugene, OR 97403