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Kim Kircher

About Kim Kircher

Ski patroller, author, traveler, Kim Kircher is still learning how to get through life in small increments. Sometimes just fifteen minutes at a time. She has logged over six hundred hours of explosives control, earning not only her avalanche blasters card, but also a heli-blaster endorsement, allowing her to fly over the slopes in a helicopter and drop bombs from the open cockpit, while uttering the fabulously thrilling words bombs away into the mic. An EMT, she has received both a National Ski Patrol Purple Merit Star for saving a life as well as a Green Merit Star for saving a life in arduous conditions. Her articles have appeared in Womens Adventure, Couloir Magazine and Off-Piste Magazine, among others. Kim also writes about her job at Crystal Mountain Ski Area at Blog Crystal. Her husbands family owns and operates ten ski areas in the US and Canada, including Crystal Mountain, where she has worked for twenty-one years.

Risky Business: Why Women Excel In Dangerous Careers

July 25, 2012 by Kim Kircher Leave a Comment

When my husband was diagnosed with a rare liver disease, I made an astonishing discovery: the risks I took at my job actually helped me manage the ordeal. As a professional ski patroller, I carry explosives, start avalanches, hike in chest deep snow, and haul heavy toboggans carrying gravely injured skiers. We women patrollers do this side by side with the men. While some might … [Read more...] about Risky Business: Why Women Excel In Dangerous Careers

Doing It All: Juggling Career, Family, Life & A Serious Illness

January 1, 2012 by Kim Kircher Leave a Comment

In the movie, (now available on DVD), "I Don't Know How She Does It," main character Kate Reddy (played by Sarah Jessica Parker) lays in bed at night unable to sleep. She's going over what she calls "The List." Like many women juggling the demands of motherhood, career and a personal life, Reddy must stay organized. I know how she feels. Between my demanding job as a ski … [Read more...] about Doing It All: Juggling Career, Family, Life & A Serious Illness

How To Handle A Partner’s Extreme Illness

September 19, 2011 by Kim Kircher Leave a Comment

My husband and I had been married less than a year when crisis struck. As a patient with primary schlerosing cholangitis (PSC), he had always known he would need a liver transplant someday. What we didn't know was that he'd almost die waiting for one. As the years with PSC, an inflammation of the bile ducts, passed without notice, John had lived a normal life. But just as his … [Read more...] about How To Handle A Partner’s Extreme Illness

Crisis Management Tips From An Avalanche Controller

September 19, 2011 by Kim Kircher Leave a Comment

Life gets crazy sometimes. Every day the news highlights the most recent crisis du jour, spinning out stories of the latest financial, political or environmental catastrophe. It's enough to make you crazy. Even without the gloomy stories on the news, our own lives are often enough to send us into a panic. Whether dealing with external misfortune or internal stress, we must … [Read more...] about Crisis Management Tips From An Avalanche Controller

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