Friday, November 25, 2005
Lost And Found.
The four men who were rescued yesterday in the Cairngorms were incredibly lucky, considering that they not only had to spend a night out on the mountain in blizzard conditions - they were on the wrong mountain.
The four had raised the alarm on a mobile phone, saying they were lost on Cairn Gorm. Four mountain rescue services were called out for the search, and the rescue helicopter was turned back because of the awful conditions.
The rescue teams - do not ask me how - didn't think the men were where they said they were, and found them on Ben MacDui, some miles away. Gut instinct, I should imagine, added to their incredible skill.
Although well equipped, the men have been criticised for their lack of navigational skills.
One has to wonder why they were out on the mountains in the first place, given that these conditions had been forecast for nearly a week.
Weather Warning from the Ass-End of Nowhere.
I try to avoid the garden, never mind mountains, when it's like this.
Colcam.Image
The four had raised the alarm on a mobile phone, saying they were lost on Cairn Gorm. Four mountain rescue services were called out for the search, and the rescue helicopter was turned back because of the awful conditions.
The rescue teams - do not ask me how - didn't think the men were where they said they were, and found them on Ben MacDui, some miles away. Gut instinct, I should imagine, added to their incredible skill.
Although well equipped, the men have been criticised for their lack of navigational skills.
One has to wonder why they were out on the mountains in the first place, given that these conditions had been forecast for nearly a week.
Weather Warning from the Ass-End of Nowhere.
I try to avoid the garden, never mind mountains, when it's like this.
Colcam.Image
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Hi Elizabeth.
How I envy you in that heat. It really is miserable here just now, and absolutely freezing.
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How I envy you in that heat. It really is miserable here just now, and absolutely freezing.
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