I live in the highlands and joined the coastguard when I left school…as a volunteer. Did a few exercises and rescues with Kintail and Skye MRT. The Coastguard, RAF and RN helicopter pilots were absolutely incredible in what they did and the winch men too. When I was still in primary school, John Prince the RAF pilot was involved in the medevac of a young girl from Skye to Inverness. She had meningitis and she died 4 hours after reaching Inverness, but that pilot flew through horrendous snow and wind to get her to Raigmore.
Wow ! We were climbing Red Gully in Coire an t' Sneachda on that day ( late Jan I think ) - heard an almighty rumbling and crash from the Goat Track, so we scampered down to find a group of lads half-buried in the snow. One of our party had a mobile (still rare in 95 ) so he headed towards Coire Cas to try and pick up a signal & raise the alarm. What a day that was - this brings it all back... cheers for preserving & uploading Larry.
1:37 "it's just pure air" as he shields his roll-up from the pure air. It's interesting to see this footage, but sad to see the loss of life and loss of RAF bases, Police forces and very different times. And still people continue to do the same things...
Sorry Scott’s, but there is no mountain rescue possible in Scotland! Call it by its appropriate name: hill side rescue! Everything else is wishful thinking caused by way too much Scotch! 😉🤣
