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Johnny- Uh, can I give you a hand?
Julie- No, I'm fine.
Johnny- You sure, uh.
I can give you a hand.
Julie- I'm sure. I'm almost through.
Johnny- Okay.
Julie-
There we go.
Bear- Grrrr.
Johnny- You, uh, be careful.
Julie- Come on! *banging
rock against the bear trap* Come on, real quick. Go on. Go on. Go on! Get!
Go on!
Bear-*snorts and runs out of the trap*
Julie- Go on!
Bear-*moans and makes
an escape.*
Julie- Well, that's that.
Johnny- Yeah. Well, uh. What now?
Julie- I
brought lunch.
Johnny- Here?
Julie- Sure. Why not?
Johnny- Well, uh. Julie, don't
you think it's best if we kind of let the bear get out of smelling distance?
Julie-
Johnny, there's nothing to worry about. He's had enough of people by now.
Johnny-(scoffing
skepticism)
Julie walks him down to rocks by a creek and begins to set up a picnic basket.
Johnny-You know, this is very pretty country.
Julie-(nods)
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---------------------------------------------------------------- At ranger station headquarters.
Matt- Good, that's fantastic. Thank you, doc. (hangs up phone). Well, cranial pressure's
eased up. Doctor says our patient's doing fine.
Roy- Well, that equipment you didn't have wasn't
so critical after all, was it?
Matt- No, but it could have been.
Johnny- Greetings. Greetings..
Roy- Where have you been?
Johnny- Uh, been getting dressed. I've a thing tonight.
Tim- With Julie.
Johnny- You bet. I figure a great afternoon should be followed
by a fantastic evening.
Roy- Yep. Well, sorry to disappoint ya.
Johnny- What are you
talking about?
Moore- Aren't you guys ready?
Johnny- Ready for what?
Roy- The mountain
rescue school. You know, what we came up here for?
Johnny- Tonight?
P.J.-Well, in the morning.
Johnny- Oh, well I thought-
Moore- We've got to drive up tonight. We've tried to
reach you all day but we couldn't seem to make a connection.
Tim- He was
training.
Moore- Grab your stuff. Let's go.
P.J.- We'll meet you at the rescue cache later,
all right?
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------------------------------------------------------------------------ On a mountainside.. everybody
is in climbing gear and red helmets.
Moore- Okay, folks. What we're covering today is simply timing
fundamentals. No specific rescue stuff yet. I want you to feel comfortable. Completely
at home on these cliffs. Then you can function as a rescuer. Now this is your
climbing rope. And it's only for climbing. It's strong enough to support this whole class
all at once. But I want you to treat it with the greatest respect. Don't step on it. First
guy that does gets the heavier partner when we start to practice belaying. Okay, now for
a few fundamental knots..
Time passes and the class of rangers and paramedics work the cliffs
on their ropes.
Moore- Ready to climb? ( to Johnny on a ledge )
Johnny- Ready to climb.
( tosses down climbing rope he is anchoring at the top.)
Matt- Okay, climbing..
Moore-
Okay, steady..(watching from the side) Yeah, that's good on the rope.
Matt- All right, falling.
Johnny- Go.
Moore- Fall.
Johnny- Ugh! (helps Matt down using rope leverage)
Moore-
Okay. Looks like you got that down. Let's start to work on free climb technique. (To Gage.)
Good. Good, stand on the front. Put your elbow over. Weight on your--
Johnny- (falls
off the outcropping and lands on his feet by Jack.)
Moore- (grinning) ...weight on your arm. Let's
try it again.
In another climbing spot, for a rope rappelling exercise.
Moore- That's
right. Go ahead and lean out! Lean hard against the rock. Remember, your back hand controls
the rate of your descent.
Johnny- Okay, let's uh, let's show him this is one thing
we know. (to Roy)
Moore- That's good. Right on. Looks like you fellas do all right. Now we'll
show you how to go back up.
Johnny- Oh, yeah, well how are you going to do that?
P.J.- These are two Marre ascenders. They go up just like a ladder.
Moore-(showing everybody
how it's done up the cliff and back down.) Clear on main?
Johnny- Yeah. Sensational. Let me try.
(Johnny performs the same skill)
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at the ranger station.
Tim- Do you have any Stybers? (working on climbing gear)
Moore-
No.
Matt and Gage enter the room in mid story-
Johnny- ..glad to go. It was intense.
I mean.. you know, one minute you think you're gonna die and the next minute, I was
sitting up on a rock, and I was thinking, if I just get out of this thing alive,
I'll never climb again.
Matt- And once you got up to the top it was a whole 'nother
story, right?
Johnny- Boy, it sure was. You know, the first thing I wanted to do when I
got to the top was that I wanted to turn right around and go climb it again.
I mean like right there.
Matt- Will you listen to this guy?
Roy- Well, we got two days
off. For camping and climbing.
Tim- Yeah, I heard you were going up to Madeer Creek.
Roy-
Yeah, how'd you know?
Tim- Julie told me.
Roy- Julie..
Johnny- I found out she was
holding on the station up there. I thought maybe she'd uh..
Roy- You got a date with her?
Johnny- Yeah. One o'clock tomorrow afternoon. I mean we still have plenty of time to make
a nice light climb. Heh.
Roy- There's nothing that can keep your mind off women?
Johnny-
Yeah, probably. It's just that I haven't found it yet.(chuckling.)
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----------------------------------------- At Madeer Creek at a campsite, inside of a dark tent.
Johnny-(getting into a sleeping bag) Oh, boy. I'm really gonna hate to leave here.
Roy- Yeah, me, too.
Johnny- Well, big day tomorrow. Hey, Roy, you know what?
Roy-
Johnny?
Johnny- What?
Roy- Will you shut up? (trying to sleep in the next bag over.)
Johnny- Huh, well if you put it that way. (takes off shirt for sleep) Hey, Roy?
Roy- Now what?!
Johnny- 'Nite.
(crickets call. Then...)
Bear-Grrr (thud)
Johnny- What's that?
( shakes Roy awake) What's that? Listen.
Roy- What's what?
Johnny- Listen.
Bear-
(rustling outside) Grrrr.
Roy- Did you leave the food out?
Johnny- Oh, no. I forgot. Well,
what are we going to do?
Roy- Just pray that he doesn't come in here.
Johnny- (Peeks out
tent and sees the bear looking at him. He hides again, fast.)
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Johnny- You know we're gonna
have to spring for a new stove.
Roy- At least he didn't get into the climbing gear.
Johnny-
You know, I think I recognized that bear last night.
Roy- Yeah?
Johnny- Yeah, it had a
little yellow right on its ear exactly like the one Julie and I transported the other
day. Man, sure is a pest!
Roy- You're getting to be a little bit uptight about
bears. I mean, you're not like you were a couple of days ago.
Johnny- Yeah, well.
I suppose it's not the bear's fault. I guess I did leave the food out.
Roy- Yeah,
I guess you're right.
Johnny- You know, uh, Julie gave me a lesson in bear appreciation.
Roy- Yeah? Uh. You sure learn a lot from girls.
Johnny- Yeah. (grinning)
Roy- What time's
your date?
Johnny- One o'clock. We still have three hours left for a nice climb.
Roy- Yeah,
well why don't we make it mild. You know, I'm not exactly a cragsman yet.
Johnny- (disbelieving
noise) Don't worry about a thing, Roy.
Roy- Uh huh.
Johnny- Listen. In a couple of years,
I can see it now. We'll be climbing Caine's Rock. Can you dig it? I mean there you are,
you're belaying me. See? And I'm swinging like a pendulum from rock to rock. Oh, man.
It's gonna be great.
Roy- Do you know where it is?
Some time later...
Johnny- Man, just getting to the climb's enough to waste ya.
Roy- Why don't we take a little break
here?
Johnny- All right.
Fallen Climber out of sight- Help!
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Roy- Did you hear that? There's somebody over there.
Johnny- Nothing a lot that we can do.
Roy- I know.
Climber- Help! ...help..
Roy- (spotting the man down the bottom of a cliff)
You badly hurt?!
Climber- Yes! Can't move!
Johnny- We can't get him up here ourselves.
Roy- No. I'd better go for some help. You stay here and keep his morale up.
Johnny- Yeah,
that's about all I can do.
Roy- I'll make it as quick as I can. *running off*
Johnny-(calling
down.) Hey! My partner's gone for help. It shouldn't be long. You're gonna be okay.
Climber- Please! My leg's broken! Please, it's killing me!
Johnny- How bad is it?
Climber-
It's poking out my skin! Please, man. Do something!
Johnny (whispering) Oh, man. (Comes up with
an idea to tie off on a tree to rappel down.)
Soon at the bottom....
Johnny- How long have
you been here?
Climber-(breathless) Since yesterday. I pulled a pike loose. Lost it.
Johnny-
Alone?
Climber- Solo's my thing, man.
Johnny- Yeah. (examines the man) That's a bad break.
Climber- Tell me about it. Think you can do something?
Johnny- Yeah, I think so.
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(Roy, running
down a rock face while carrying his helmet, trips and falls and rolls, knocking himself unconscious
against a crag and boulder.)
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Johnny-(taking man's
pulse) Yeah, I know.
Climber- Well do you think you ought to go back up and check on him?
Johnny- Well, I really can't do that.
Climber- Why's that?
Johnny- You see, coming down
here, I rappelled off the end of my rope. I can't reach it now.
Climber- Oh,
great. Do you think you can free climb it?
Johnny- Uh, well. I've only had three days' lessons.
Climber- Don't try.
Johnny- Yeah, that's what I thought.
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In headquarters at Madeer Creek, Julie Beck looks up at the clock showing five after two in the afternoon.
(Roy still lies unconscious under the hot sun.)
(Meanwhile Johnny and the Climber are still
waiting at the bottom of the cliff face.)
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(Julie grabs her horse and starts heading for Roy and Johnny's campsite. She finds no one there.)
(An hour later, she finds Roy lying on the rocks and rushes to his side where he lay on his back.
She finds a pulse and breathing and then gets on the radio.)
Julie-Med One Five, this is Three
One Three.
Radio-##Go ahead, 313.##
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Time passes and shows Roy being taken by stokes to a ranger car. He is still unconscious.
Tim-
Easy on that. (as Roy is loaded inside.) Okay.
Julie- That's good. Okay.
The vehicle
leaves for the hospital.
Matt- You know we're not going to be able to wait around for him to regain
consciousness.
Tim- I just came up from Madeer, their climbing gear's gone.
Matt- Julie,
do you have any idea about where they were going to go climbing?
Julie- They said something easy.
Johnny and I were supposed to have a date at one o'clock.
Tim- That's a help. There
are ten easy climbs around here they could have tried.
Matt- Then we're just going to have to
cover them all. Let's go.
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The Sierra Rangers run across the creek valley swiftly, searching.
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At Madeer Creek's cliff bottom.
Climber- Hey, I sure could use some water.
Johnny- Yeah,
me, too.
Climber- Yep.
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Matt, on foot- Hey Gage! John! *shrill whistle* Gage!
Johnny- Hey! Hey! Over here! Here!
( He spots them.) Over here! Here! All right.
Tim- Hey, you waiting for somebody?
Johnny-
(falling into the joke) Yeah, you seen any rangers around here?
Tim- I'll send one right down.
(Notices Gage's gear) This rope's too short. When I go down, we pull on that one, and I'll
belay this one here then. Matt- Okay.
Tim- Gimme the pack. Rope! ( as he tosses
down their new line) Okay, you ready?
Matt- Yeah.
Tim- Okay. On belay.
Matt-
Go ahead down.
Tim- (To Johnny) I'll be down in a minute. (at the bottom) Give me a little slack,
John.
Johnny- Well am I glad to see you.
Tim- I bet you are.
Johnny- Listen, he's
got a compound fracture. I splinted it up best I could. Um, where's uh, where's Roy?
Tim- He took kind of a bad spill.
Johnny- Oh yeah?
Tim- Yeah. Julie's taking him to the
hospital but he's gonna be okay though.
Johnny- Oh, okay.
Tim- Off belay!
Johnny-
All right, uh, listen, you're the boss, what are we gonna do?
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Tim- Well, I'm gonna have to carry him up. I'll need you to give me a hand. Then you'll do
Marre up afterwards.
Johnny- Great. Let's go.
Up on the cliff face top, Chief Jack Moore
radios to all the searchers.
Moore- Attention search parties. This is 302. We've located Fireman
Gage on Sheep's Head Dome. He's got an injured climber with him. We're gonna
need help with the evacuation. Please report to the scene as soon as possible.
Matt
(at the cliff top to arriving new rangers)- We're gonna need that rope. Go ahead and get a
pike down for a belay. Tim's down there. He's got the man already rigged.
Rescue Party
Ranger Jimmy Parker- Rope!
Tim- Okay, we're ready to move. Put some hand tension right here.
Try to hold right around here. Keep your hands in. (he tells the injured man) Now, it's
gonna hurt some. We'll do our best, okay? (To Johnny) You ready?
Johnny- Yeah.
Tim-
Up rope! (burdened with the climber) Let's get him around now.
Johnny- Okay.
Tim- Can
you get his lower body?
Johnny- Sure.
Tim- Swing him around.
(Slowly, Ranger Tim
Cassidy gets the climber safely to the top using his patient sling and his four pullers up at the
top of the cliff.)
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------------------------------------------------------------------------ At the hospital, Roy with
a wrapped head, rests in bed, the others are surrounding him.
Roy- It sure is lucky you rangers
know your way around this place.
Johnny- Well, by then, it's also lucky Julie sensed that there
was trouble instead of me standing her up.
Roy- Now with you, what else would she
think?
Johnny- Look. Don't knock it. She probaby saved both of our lives. Speaking
of Julie...
Matt- Uh, forget it.
Johnny- Huh?
Tim- She's not available.
Johnny-
Oh, ho. So you guys saw the light and decided to uh, step in on me, huh?
Tim-
Don't I wish. You woke up a bunch of other guys and they went after her like a pack of wolves.
Her social calendar's full for the next two months.
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(Nurse enters the room)
Matt- Hi, Kris.
Nurse Kris- Hi.
Roy- Hi.
(Nurse
Kris adjusts Roy's pillows.)
Roy- Thanks.
(Nurse Kris leaves the room.)
Johnny
turns to Roy- How long are you going to be here?
Roy- Two days.
Johnny- Two days? ( he
rushes for the door after the nurse)
Matt- Gage. Unfortunately, she's married.
(Matt,
Roy and Tim all laugh at Gage's sudden reaction of dismay.)
(Johnny closes the door with a disappointed
finger and sulks.)
FIN Sierra, The Urban Rangers
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End Credits -- (Season Eight TV Special)
§§ Sierra-
The Urban Rangers §§
:) This episode is dedicated to Lee Holdridge,
composer of that fantastic :) and most memorable title sequence
for Sierra the TV series by John Denver :) and sung by Denny Brooks. And to the late,
great James G. Richardson. (Brice/Tim Cassidy) :)
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Sierra- The Urban Rangers (Emergency Crossover Episode)
TV Series: "Sierra" (1974) Original
Air Date: 24 October 1974 (Season 1, Episode 10) Production #41315
Series Creator: R. A. Cinader
and Michael Donovan
Directed by: Roger Duchowny
Writer: Michael Donovan Music:
Lee Holdridge Lyrics: John Denver Singer: Denny Brooks
Cast:
Episode Cast
Lisa Silvester ... Nurse Katherine Huger ... Campsite Woman Susan
Foster ... Ranger Julie Beck Jack Hogan ... Chief Ranger Jack Moore
Jack Lucarelli ...
Rock Climber Randolph Mantooth ... Paramedic John Gage James G. Richardson ... Ranger
Tim Cassidy Ernest Thompson ... Ranger Matt Harper Kevin Tighe ... Fireman Roy DeSoto Michael
Warren ... Ranger P.J. Lewis Sweet William and Mergy ... (bears) Cruncher
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Produced by: Bruce Johnson .... executive producer
Roland Wilson .... associate
producer
National Park Service Technical Advisor .... Jack Morehead Cinematography
by: F. Bud Mautino .... director of photography Music Department: Denny Brooks
.... singer: theme music John Denver .... lyricist: theme music Lee Holdridge .... composer:
theme music Other crew: Micheal Pociecha.... assistant animal supervisor Ron Veto:
.... underwater diver Second Unit Director or Assistant Director:
Scott U. Adam ....
second assistant director Larry Powell .... first assistant director Skip Surguine .... dga trainee
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