Making the news today....

[Mark Bolam]

@peds

 

 

[peds]

Haha, every team has their occasional dog rescue! I remember hearing about this one, 55kg isn't a problem on a stretcher like that but it's a hell of a lot harder if they don't lie down and stay still.

The masks around the stretcher suggests this news is '20/'21, though. I remember those days! Training with covid masks in horizontal rain... funny stuff.

 

Here's our latest dog rescue, 2 years ago now I think:

 

Broken leg, poor old thing. Emotional support dog or whatever the term is for a girl with autism.

Some people ask what the validity of risking human lives is to rescue a dog, and it's a fair question. The specifics vary from case to case of course, but in this particular instance, I would much rather have carried an injured 30kg dog down a mountain at 3pm than two hypothermic humans and a dead dog at 3am. 

[Stubby]

1 hour ago, Mark Bolam said:

@peds

 

 

Its the ONLY way to travel 🙂

[billy_wizz]

25 minutes ago, peds said:

Haha, every team has their occasional dog rescue! I remember hearing about this one, 55kg isn't a problem on a stretcher like that but it's a hell of a lot harder if they don't lie down and stay still.

The masks around the stretcher suggests this news is '20/'21, though. I remember those days! Training with covid masks in horizontal rain... funny stuff.

 

Here's our latest dog rescue, 2 years ago now I think:

 

Broken leg, poor old thing. Emotional support dog or whatever the term is for a girl with autism.

Some people ask what the validity of risking human lives is to rescue a dog, and it's a fair question. The specifics vary from case to case of course, but in this particular instance, I would much rather have carried an injured 30kg dog down a mountain at 3pm than two hypothermic humans and a dead dog at 3am. 

Whilst I can appreciate that all rescues have some inherent risk I'm curious as to what percentage of rescues are genuinely in dangerous conditions and how many are rescuing fools that are improperly prepared and would of been fine if they were?

[peds]

Ah, that's a sliding scale really, and even people who know what they are doing can be caught out by their own silly mistakes. We all make mistakes from time to time.

No matter what the skillset or wardrobe of whoever we scrape off the floor, I'd rather be there in the mud with them than reading about them in the news the next day, and I do my best to withhold judgement... and I'd say most people in the mountain rescue community would say the same thing. We tend to leave it to the Facebook crowd to do the pearl clutching. 

[Mesterh]

Nice 1 Joe, that's the price of everything on the way up now!

 

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[Steven P]

went to get petrol today, 129.9, remember the last petrol protests about 5 years ago, when they were protesting about 135.9 a litre (it was that here).. so with Jo, Vlad, Benji and Yahya s best efforts the petrol prices are lower then they were before these wars started.....

[Steven P]

anyway, if I can totally lower the tone? Probably lower than not safe or work?

 

 

People are getting salmon sperm injected into their faces. Why?

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Kim Kardashian and Jennifer Aniston have had the treatment done, and like Aniston, I have a few questions

 

 

Apparently any sperm will work, Salmon being more harvestable in quantities, and it doesn't have to be injected, just a facial will work. Try that suggestion tonight?

[peds]

EDIT

Just saw we are actually talking about salmon sperm tonight instead, please disregard the following. 

 

 

On 03/10/2024 at 18:07, billy_wizz said:

Whilst I can appreciate that all rescues have some inherent risk I'm curious as to what percentage of rescues are genuinely in dangerous conditions and how many are rescuing fools that are improperly prepared and would of been fine if they were?

 

Case in point...

Just got home from helping two young lads down from the cave mouth, top right of this photo. Look carefully and you'll see our little white helmets scattered about under the cliff.

 

They got up themselves just fine, decent clothing, proper boots, big bags with food and extra layers... but the weather rolled in whilst they were exploring the cave, and getting down seemed risky. They toyed with the idea of spending the night in the cave and descending in the morning after the wind and rain subsided, but in the end they swallowed their pride and asked for help.

And, as we said to them, we'd rather help them walk down from above than scrape them off the rocks at the bottom.

A few hours of dragging ropes around and giving two young fellas a crash course on how to milk a prusik, and everyone gets to go home to their dinner.

 

Edited October 5 by peds

[Steven P]

Rescues are more impressive than the excuses the Holywood ladies are making for what goes on their faces.

 

Knowing your limits on the hills is a definite bonus, weather conditions can change to push the hills out of your abilities while you are there... then what is in your head is the best tool - ask for help, seek shelter, go another way....or plop onto the rocks below

Edited October 5 by Steven P