a word to the wise.......
http://www.grough.co.uk/magazine/201...ed-from-2000ft
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“He too was recovered to the helicopter once he had calmed down enough for the strop to be fitted over his head and under his arms.”
Sounds to me like Lt Cdr Drodge is being very diplomatic!
"If you were to ask me what I consider to be my finest achievement, I could answer the question without hesitation: teaching." ~ Raymond Blanc.
i carry one for emergencys,sim card and battery out and in baggies so i cant be tracked or listened to by GCHQ.
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"A rescue team pleaded with walkers to carry a map and compass after they were called out to find two lost walkers on the highest hill in the Pennines."
http://www.grough.co.uk/magazine/201...ss-fell-search
And
"Two mountain rescue teams were called out to search for a pair of mountain bikers lost on a Peak District hill.
The bikers called for help in the early hours of Saturday after getting lost in the dark on Bleaklow."
http://www.grough.co.uk/magazine/201...g-lost-in-dark
In both cases the people called for help on mobile phones.....
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hmmm, which in my opinion means that the cell was usefull, don't get me wrong those people shouldn't have lost their way in the first place, aka basic navigation skills and equippment are a must, but in the end a situation for all of them got solved because they could call for help ... else it maybe wouldn't have been a rescue mission but a bodybag mission...
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Or just a chilly, uncomfortable, but survivable night on the moor........which would have been the case for both examples.
There are other ways to 'call for help' six whistle blasts or flashes of a torch, or the sending up of red flares.
"A rescue team pleaded with walkers to carry a map and compass after they were called out to find two lost walkers on the highest hill in the Pennines." - This is quite an important statement and should not be overlooked. The people actually doing the rescues are asking this...
In the opinion of MREW, MRCoS and most other rescue/SAR agencies in the UK the mobile phone is not to be relied upon and should not be used willy nilly. I would be very remiss as a member if I did not promote the standing message of these organisations. At a national and team level in the UK there is and has been for a long time a request to carry the most basic of things. The addition of very basic equipment and very basic skills can make all the difference.
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http://www.grough.co.uk/magazine/201...ed-from-2000ft
http://www.grough.co.uk/magazine/201...ht-time-rescue
http://www.grough.co.uk/magazine/201...ain-by-mistake
http://www.grough.co.uk/magazine/201...rn-to-navigate
Now then the net result of this thread is that I'm not going to waver from promoting the national message from the SAR organisations I'm allied to and a member of and you wont waver from your view that mobile phones are great - so lets save each other more keyboard time and agree to disagree....
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