Whenever I am recognized by Boulder Emergency Squad it amazes me, and fills me with pride. The members of BES are some of the most dedicated and giving people I’ve ever worked with, so to be called out as something extraordinary among such citizens is quite an honor. These are people who have a full time job, and yet are always there in the middle of the night, middle of a blizzard, middle of a flood, to help those that are in need the most. They give up sleep, rest, …

I sit here at work waiting for the techs to finish installing wheels on our Thermal Enclosure Door, and Software to start testing the hexapod move program, so I can watch cables on the Test Stand and make sure nothing get’s snagged.  wait… wait… wait…
The duality of my task here and my adrenaline filled body is slightly maddening.  I feel like running up a mountain or jumping out of a plane, and yet here I sit and wait, and write…

“The speed limit is 35 all along here Larkin.”
“I know George, I’m only going 37, but I’ll slow down a bit.” I say as I tap the breaks and hit the air horn at the same time while passing stopped a minivan oddly turned in the right lane. The street looks strangly post-apocalypic, with every car I pass stopped at some weird angle. All the lights are green as I move through town just a hair over the speed limit.
Again, adrenaline rushing, no where to go, it pools… slowely filling …

Adrenaline still managing to push around whatever small things are running my motorskills, I sit on my yoga ball at work bouncing, smiling, and listening to some Tom Petty.
Where did this adrenaline come from you ask? Well I’ll tell you without too many of the gory details if I can. About 4:30 yesterday afternoon my pager went off for an injury accident. The tone went out and the dispatcher said 5 parties still stuck in the vehicle.

I’m in a daze, whether from my headache and lack of sleep or some emotional roller coaster I’m not sure.  Does it matter which?

I had my first actual BES call this morning to recover the body of a 17 year old kid who was climbing on some rocks above S. Boulder Creek last night.