HUALIEN CITY – While many people like to spend their vacations on the beach or at resorts, Jaron Rosso Wiigs of Edmonton used some of his days off to shovel mud after a typhoon in Taiwan.

When he arrived in the country, he heard about the damage from a powerful typhoon caused when tonnes of dirt, muddy water, and debris gushed into the streets of Guangfu, a township in eastern Taiwan.

“I have 21 days of vacation. It’s not that big of a sacrifice to do 10 of those in Hualien County, helping out, especially when it’s like a very historical thing,” said Rosso Wiigs, “I honestly think that in Taiwan’s history, this moment is going to … live forever.”

It may also be that he feels an obligation after surviving an 18-metre fall off Bow Falls in Banff about 18 months ago.

“I think I get lucky

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