I have spent the day main trying to prepare for next weekend LLAMFF so its been a little bit of death by powerpoint, although I have also had to put together a brief history of Mountain Rescue for the Bangor Universoty students next week. So my day off really wasn’t. Its is a interesting history with a few hero’s driving the whole MR to what it is today, as well as a few unlucky people that we owe to alot to as their misfortune help drive the whole MR to what it is today.
This was brought home to me in reality today, as my phone start beeping, and the machine that is Llanberis Mountain Rescue sprang into life. All those people that were sat at home minding their business, some like me planning a trip to the wall. Others no doubt engaged in lifes challenges, suddenly brought together. First for a injured walker on the miners path, and the second a broken leg.
The first incident was completed in under an hour and the second from the call coming in, quite literally as we were about to head home to completion also in under an hour. The second job we were lucky to get the RAF in, and they quickly airlifted the casualty to Ysbyty Gwynedd, before a small team accompanied the rest of the party off the hill. Whilst I have been away, I have been away from all the work of the team, and only in the last week have I rejoined. Its quite interesting when you have time away from this group of socially very diverse group to see how well they can work together as a team.
At present the rain is pouring and the pub is calling. Hopefully it wil bright up as promised for tomorrows climbing action.