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hobbit:
The charity Mountain Rescue is struggling to cope with a growing number of hikers getting lost or needing help.

Video report here

http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7190000/newsid_7195300/7195305.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&news=1&ms3=6&ms_javascript=true&nol_storyid=7195305&bbcws=2

Comments anybody?

Boggert:
It seem they are suffering from Numpties as much as we do in the Police. I suspect Fire and ambulance. suffer as well.

They should all be charged with being idiots. :police: :twisted:

hobbit:
I think they should donate their bodies to science, if they are that thick imagine what use they could be

Apart from removing from the gene pool that is

I fhtye could make car panels from them, imagine on the saving on dents :lol:

carbore:
My opinion is that the general public seems to think that "weather" doesn't apply to them, its like they assume nature is something that happens on TV and to people in far off lands.

Although we are obsessed wihth weather as a county we just dont do anything about it, clothes, drains, cars, training, etc.

We also think that we control it and we "made it" in some strange way.  I dont want to get onto the "climate change debate" but im convinced its not all because iv got two landrovers but its like everyone says, I dont like all this rain, stop driving your 4x4 and it ill stop.

In this digital age where everything can be downloaded, ordered on line, delivered, controlled and such like we forget that some things are just bigger than mankind and unless we cant do sod all about it (other than ware a coat, take a map, etc etc)

ChrisV8:
well up here in t'North every one is getting very peed off with them, best so far I think is "can we have a helicopter please cos we are late for a dinner date"  :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

That's apart from the pillocks who go out without the right gear on Helvellyn in the snow and get blown off Striding Edge, two very recently  :roll: :roll: Then of course with all the rain the stupid kayakers will be out for some fun, two drowned in the last few weeks and Mountain Rescue are expected to turn out at no cost to the idiot. I think it's about time ramblers/kayakers etc have to have compulsory insurance to cover the costs of the Mountain rescue Teams the way things are going in the Lakes there won't be a Team in Patterdale soon as everyone doesn't want to volunteer anymore.

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