A ski racer pushes back up after an epic crash during a giant slalom competition.
It’s been a rather gruesome week here in little Pinedale. In four days we’ve had four fatalities and as I write this another air evac helicopter is just settling down at the clinic.
With rather basic medical facilities, emergencies are typically air lifted to Idaho Falls, the closest medical center of note.
The week, as could be expected, has been filled with a wide range of emotions throughout the community and, combined with the first week of the two local papers combined – and one editorial staff putting out both publications – it’s been exhausting.
Weeks bringing events like this are always touchy, and several of the local reporters won’t touch any of the incidents with a ten-foot pole. But, at the end of the day, that’s our job. To get the facts, present the details in a professional and clean manner.
Here’s to a less bloody week in Sublette County next week.
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