The Call

“It wasn't a command, nor was it a mandatory enlistment. It was an invitation— a summons into history itself, a call to a purpose he had felt stirring within him for years... The same letter, identical in its blunt message and profound implications, was part of a direct appeal from Minot Dole himself... aimed at reaching nearly every member of the National Ski Patrol—men who understood the deadly secrets of avalanches... and the intricacies of skiing, snowshoeing, and climbing up sheer ice cliffs."