LLMRT rescuing a car from Pen Y Pass Car Park
Well, my beeper, beep today, and for once I was actually in and able to head out on the hill, rather than be at work the next day or actually at work. (Un)fortunately I had left my beeper on vibrate and my phone in the van last night so when the first rescue job came through I was safely and obliviously in bed asleep, it was only when I got up to wish my mum a Happy 60th birthday, and yes I did get her a card in time and me and my brothers have chipped in for a joint present; that i realised that I had missed a callout.
Anyway, when later in the day the beeper buzzed again I was busy writing up my bibliography for my research proposal, not a job that I was overly keen to do, so any other activity was way more interesting than finding citations. So I got to walk up Crib Coch in thick hill fog to rescue a couple of hapless fellows who had bitten off more than they can chew. The picture above is the third rescue of the day, when we had to bump start the car of the guys we had already rescued, as if they weren’t embarassed enough!
There were vicious rumours circulating the North Wales Media that this mornings casualties had been suffering from altitude sickness. I mean just how dumb are journalists? Altitude sickness on Snowdon, almost as bad as having a hill allergy!