London Ambulance Service paramedic Jerome Mowat writes about shifting from a climbing trip to the front line as he joined thousands of NHS staff in the fight against COVID-19.
There are many healthcare professionals in the climbing community: doctors, physios, nurses, paramedics. I salute all of them in these unprecedented times for going out there and getting it done. And the climbing community as a whole for taking responsibility for their actions, closing the gyms and prohibiting outdoor climbing. Sometimes these measures can feel quite abstract, are they really necessary? But I assure you, they are. This may be one of the few times we truly are all in this together.
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