Canyons help with the disaster releif

Many of the Canyons crew have been helping out in the Tohoku areas in a number of different capacities over the last few weeks. We have been working with many different agencies but the main one was the Minakami Rescue and Support team, made up of staff from all the outdoor companies in Minakami. The team (to date) has done a total of 16 runs to some of the worst hit areas in the Miyagi and Iwate regions, carrying supplies and offering manpower.

Beau (Bungy Japan) also headed up a number of missions to various ares in Iwate delivering much needed supplies.

Below are some pics from one of the missions we did delivering items to HOPE internationals heliport in Miyagi Pref.

 Loading the Heli to do food and water drops on one of the Higasji Matsushima Islands that had been cutoff from the land when the road bridge collapsed.

 There was a fleet of 4 heli's shuttling goods, 5-7 trips a day each carrying around 250Kg.  The pilots were all volunteers from the Japan Helicopter Club. Great work guys!

Sometime we hooked up with other NPO's to get supplies to people that were in desperate need.  This is one of the warehouses in Sendai.