Tag Archives: mountain rescue

Opinions are a dangerous things

I am as many readers of this blog are more than aware, an opinionated person, and I share those opinions with you. This can and does turn round and bite me back. My recent outburst on an incident that happened … Continue reading

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Smart Phones and Mountain Rescue

I was attending a rescue today, and spent most of the time waiting at base because thankfully there was a Air Ambulance and RAF Seaking on Scene, that didn’t require our assistance. However over that time in base the usual … Continue reading

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UKHillwalking Article on LLMRT

Kath Wills a member of the LLMRT has written a great article on Llanberis Mountain rescue team for UKHillwalking the new sister site to UKC. Kath has years of experience on the team, and is currently working on a first … Continue reading

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Ml Training Expedition

Just got back from a glorious two days walking around Snowdon. The weather was supreb, although it was hard to make any form of diifficult navigation as the visibility was measurable in miles, despite the heat haze. So we head … Continue reading

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A Brief History of Mountain Rescue

I guess if we are going to explore the history of mountainr escue we must first travel back in time to when it became important enough an issue for there to be a need. So as we flick back through … Continue reading

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Rain and Rescues

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 … Continue reading

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Final Prep for Winter ML

Well, I headed back up to Scotland, and I have to say it wasn’t the most successful journey I have ever made. I ended up getting pull by the police, and a long story. Suffice to say I think I … Continue reading

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Annoach Mor

Well we had an easy top today, by utilising the uplift from the Anoach Mor Ski Area. Gondolas to 650m result. It reminded me of the classic tale of the Llanberis Community meeting, where it was suggested that we get … Continue reading

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4×4 training and Beaconeering

After a great night catching up with friends I hadn’t seen for 4 months, I got up with a sore head and went 4×4 training with the team. Getting some practice on icy track was good fun, although some dryt … Continue reading

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Should we discuss/analyze/speculate or otherwise pick apart Accidents?

I recent read a thread on UKC. I was very bored and drunk in a bar in Santiago, and sadly there were no stewardess to look at. Anyway the threads starter stated a firm belief that WE shouldn’t speculate over … Continue reading

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