09-18-2019, 10:03 AM
Mountain rescue teams are just brilliant !
I have known a few people in Mountain rescue. Good people, and nothing seems to be impossible for them.
I like the search dog too, who came with the team to find the dog and the man.
Yes you are right. It does pay to carry some emergency supplies if going for a long walk in an exposed place, especially if the weather isn't good.
Those emergency thermal "blankets" (which look like "plastic tinfoil") are so lightweight to carry and very small when rolled up.
There is even an army issue poncho which when opened up makes a tiny waterproof one-man shelter, when pegged down through the eyelets.
I actually have one in my under-stairs cupboard!
Failing that, an 8ft tarp and some paracord (to tie it to trees as a windbreak and rain shelter) is a very light weight to carry.
And a lighter and some dry tinder is handy, to make a fire when possible. All really light items.
Warm soup in a thermos flask, that man and dog could share would also be a good thing to have.
I have known a few people in Mountain rescue. Good people, and nothing seems to be impossible for them.
I like the search dog too, who came with the team to find the dog and the man.
Yes you are right. It does pay to carry some emergency supplies if going for a long walk in an exposed place, especially if the weather isn't good.
Those emergency thermal "blankets" (which look like "plastic tinfoil") are so lightweight to carry and very small when rolled up.
There is even an army issue poncho which when opened up makes a tiny waterproof one-man shelter, when pegged down through the eyelets.
I actually have one in my under-stairs cupboard!
Failing that, an 8ft tarp and some paracord (to tie it to trees as a windbreak and rain shelter) is a very light weight to carry.
And a lighter and some dry tinder is handy, to make a fire when possible. All really light items.
Warm soup in a thermos flask, that man and dog could share would also be a good thing to have.
