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Stories Of Southern Oregon: A Smokejumper's View Of Fires

You've heard the argument against skydiving: Why jump out of a perfectly good plane?

Now consider what it is like to jump out of said plane, only to face a wildfire burning below. This is the work of the smokejumper, still a job title in a world of helicopters, air tankers, drones, and other aerial firefighting tools.

Murry Taylor, a Scott Valley resident, spent decades "eating smoke," a story he tells in the book .

And he's our guest in this month's , curated by Maureen Flanagan Battistella.

Murry and Maureen join us for a tale of a truly hard job.

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The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange is ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½'s daily news program focused on issues, people and events across Southern Oregon and Northern California. Angela Decker is the program's senior producer, Charlie Zimmermann is the assistant producer, and Geoffrey Riley hosts the show.