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.

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