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Originally Posted by KIDSTYPIKE  I read an article the other day where some of the Lake Districts MRT's are struggling to get volunteers because there are more and more "shouts" and employers are becoming more reluctant to lose members of staff.
Maybe instead of just glorifying the beauty of the mountains the TV channels should spend some time on Mountain Safety.
Dave |
Yes, in my local paper today it says that the Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out on 31 out of 42 days in one spell last year. So when you consider the teams are made up of volunteers it must be very difficult for them to be released from work on all these occasions.
Where I used to work there were 3 people out of 20 who were members of a mountain rescue team, although then they weren't called out half as much as they are today. But if that were the case now it would be practically impossibe to employ them.
They do an invaluable job and shouldn't be used in vain by the inexperienced especially when the weather is as unpredictable as it is at this time of the year.