We went to my friends memorial service today. He was cremated, as is fashionable these days, and I'm not sure what the final arrangements will be for his urn, but we went to the memorial service.
He led a full life, mainly making his living as a helicopter mechanic and much of it overseas. In his younger years he worked in Egypt, Chile, Peru, Brazil and did one tour with the Chilean government in Antarctica.
One of his more memorable photos comes from Antarctica where penguins were a contestant companion.
Yep, that's my buddy, peeing on a penguin. Not many men can claim to have done that.
He was an avid water skier, having skied both the Amazon and the Strait of Magellan.
While working in the oil field in the Gulf, he started making tools for his own tool box. This parlayed into a company, Helicopter Work Aids which makes tools for the aviation industry. His sons have ben running it for a couple of years and are taking it to whole new levels.
We're going to miss him.
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