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 john1963 23 Mar 2020

Called out on a rescue today. Unbelievable. 

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 Sean Kelly 24 Mar 2020
In reply to john1963:

Accident on Main Wall as well I believe on Sunday which evolved the Llanberis team.

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 IPPurewater 24 Mar 2020
In reply to Sean Kelly:

It is time to withdraw mountain rescue, and let anyone breaking the restrictions take their own risks !

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 GerM 24 Mar 2020
In reply to IPPurewater:

And when a farmer breaks his leg tending his sheep, producing our food?

And when your grandmother who's got a touch of the dementia goes walkabout and no one knows where she is?

And when your neighbor thinks everything's a bit too much for them and heads for the hills not sure if they intend coming back alive or dead?

Its more than about people making unwise decisions, and it is not possible to differentiate between them and more 'deserving' cases. It is a service to rescue people from rough terrain.

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 deepsoup 24 Mar 2020
In reply to IPPurewater:

> It is time to withdraw mountain rescue, and let anyone breaking the restrictions take their own risks !

It's a voluntary service!

If you are a member of mountain rescue and you want to withdraw your services you're totally free to do so.  If you're not a member of mountain rescue it's really none of your beeswax. 

Lets just trust them to make appropriate decisions to look after their own team members as well as other people.

Edit to add:  If any of us have one to spare, it wouldn't hurt to drop a quid in a (virtual) collecting tin either - their regular fundraising efforts will be severely curtailed for the foreseeable future.

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 deacondeacon 24 Mar 2020
In reply to IPPurewater:

> It is time to withdraw mountain rescue, and let anyone breaking the restrictions take their own risks !

Wow, surprised it took 10 hours before a moron came out with this crap. 

IT'S VOLUNTARY!!!!

NOT EVERYONE THAT NEEDS RESCUING IS A MORON!!!! 

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 deepsoup 24 Mar 2020
In reply to deacondeacon:

> NOT EVERYONE THAT NEEDS RESCUING IS A MORON!!!! 

The guy they rescued on Monday clearly was though.  Gobsmackingly so.

https://www.facebook.com/OVMRO/photos/a.687666221312148/2892377504174331
(I don't think you have to log in to FB to see this, if it mithers you to log in/register click on "not now" down at the bottom of the pop-up.)

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 Doghouse 24 Mar 2020
In reply to deepsoup:

"Asked where he should go tomorrow".  Unbelievable!

Deadeye 24 Mar 2020
In reply to deacondeacon:

> Wow, surprised it took 10 hours before a moron came out with this crap. 

> IT'S VOLUNTARY!!!!

> NOT EVERYONE THAT NEEDS RESCUING IS A MORON!!!! 

Not everyone.  But certainly this one.

And perhaps anyone that shouts in block capitals without doing the slightest piece of background checking on the incident in question...

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 olddirtydoggy 25 Mar 2020
In reply to Doghouse:

> "Asked where he should go tomorrow". 

Cenotaph Corner perhaps?


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