<![CDATA[Laval St.Germain - BLOG]]>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 01:36:16 -0600Weebly<![CDATA[How We Roll - Landing on frozen lakes & other places with a Boeing B-737.]]>Fri, 09 Mar 2018 16:46:05 GMThttps://www.lavalstgermain.com/canadian-adventurer/how-we-roll-landing-on-frozen-lakes-other-places-with-a-boeing-b-737
]]><![CDATA[Aviation in the operating room]]>Sun, 03 Dec 2017 15:37:20 GMThttps://www.lavalstgermain.com/canadian-adventurer/aviation-in-the-operating-roomFor those who have read Atul Gawande's work on checklists and their immense value, my take here, with credit to Dr.Gawande for his research.
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]]><![CDATA[Northern Flight Deck - A Pilot & a Flight Dispatcher cross an ocean...together.]]>Thu, 09 Nov 2017 03:42:37 GMThttps://www.lavalstgermain.com/canadian-adventurer/northern-flight-deck-a-pilot-flight-dispatcher-cross-an-oceantogetherI write a regular feature for our inflight magazine at Canadian North Airlines, this is from about a year ago. I think it tells a good story about the connection developed between the person up there at the controls or out there on the oars, and the critical support on land.
I owe a lot of my success on Everest and at sea, to 'Jimbo' Redeker...I also owe him a lot of tequila.
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Photo: Wind/Weather/Waves guy & my friend Jim Redeker (on right) welcoming me home after rowing the Atlantic.

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