Here's a secret, they do carry a small blade at ALL TIMES.
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Posted on 12/17/2021 9:52:45 AM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
Five hikers were walking along a trail in British Columbia, Canada, when they were alerted that two men had slipped off a rock and fallen into a pool just before the rapids below.
Quick thinking: On Oct. 11, Kuljinder Kinda, a Sikh electrician from Punjab, India, and his friends were hiking in Golden Ears Provincial Park when a group ahead told them to call for help, NBC News reported.
The five friends didn’t have service on their phones and couldn’t find any park personnel for the 10 minutes that they searched. Instead, they came up with the idea to fashion together a makeshift rope out of their turbans and other clothing to pull the men back up.
They weren’t afraid for their own safety, rather they worried about the stranded men.
“In Sikhi, we are taught to help someone in any way we can with anything we have, even our turban,” Kinda said.
The friends made a rope roughly 33 feet long and tugged the other two hikers out of the lower falls.
Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue Manager Robert Laing, who arrived at the scene after the rescue, commended Kinda and his friends for their bravery and said that the two men fell in because they didn’t see the waterfall hazard signs.
“I’ve never heard of anything like this before and it was quite impressive,” Laing told Global News.
“Several people are injured each year as a result of slips or falls,” he added. “It seems about once every one to two years, someone will be swept over the falls and die as a result of their injuries.”
I used to work with a Sikh engineer............There’s HAIR bundled up inside that turban. His went all the way to the floor!............
Now that is sikh
And they used their Kirpan to fend off any bears in the area!
Sikhs are NOT Muslims.
Here's a secret, they do carry a small blade at ALL TIMES.
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Ah - always wondered what turbans were for.
A Muslim would have preferred that they drown.
Amazing selflessness. It is extremely rare for them to unbind their hair/turban. It’s a religious thing.
I’m from Vancouver BC. A LOT of my classmates were either Sikh or Punjabi. Unlike here in America, they are deeply entrenched in Canada for many generations. They are heavily in construction. I still remember back in the 90’s, the idiot mexicans tried to get into the business, and they were thwarted every time.
That's OK we Southerners do too.
Nice to have a “rescue Sikh” handy when you need one.
Instead of ragheads, maybe we should be calling them ropeheads.
Sikhs are our friends from India.
Sikh’s are good people IMHO
“Sikhs are NOT Muslims.”
And they can’t stand muslims either.
If anyone wants to know how badassed Sikhs can be, just let them read up on the Battle of Saragarhi.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Saragarhi
Yep- i knowe- Meant ‘sikh’ as good, like ‘wow, that’s really sick’ meaning ‘really great’ - was just a play on words
There is a large Sikh population here in San Jose. They have a beautiful temple in the east hills. I have gone there several times to avail myself of their daily free food offering. I think that’s particularly cool.
Their religion, which is tightly bound to their own culture, sprung from the Buddhists who wouldn’t even fight to save their own lives against Islamic terrorism.
All I’m saying is they are good people.
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