Who on earth is getting lost up a mountain in Birmingham?
Another quiet day for the Lincolnshire mountain rescue team.
Lake District man. Oh boy. I climbed Scarfel Pike at 6pm mid November, with a few mates. Maybe 5/10 feet of visibility! Looking back it was a crazy thing to do, took us about 4 hours to get up it and about an hour or two back down. It was snowing like crazy, and I totally lost my cool at the top demanding we all went down before we get stuck up there in the blizzard, so we decided the best way way was to “ski” down in the slippery snow using our walking aids as ski sticks. Loads of fun, absolutely brain dead stupid considering the conditions. My friend had this stupid idea of going up on the right side which to our luck a mountain guide walking our way politely told us, “don’t do that. Just stick to the path, and can I know your names lads” we asked why and he said, “if it comes on the news yous are missing I know where to find you all, come in the pub before you leave, so I know yous made down safe”
This reminds me of the type of maps you see on r/peopleliveincities but the mountain version.
Londoners finding their own way home unaided.
I broke my leg in 2020 whilst hiking and had to get mountain rescued, they are all volunteers and absolutely amazing! I donate to them on a monthly basis because of it
Can’t believe The Fens is so low. *Boom boom.*
Wait till see where the coast guard is called too
I was curious what the map would look like for Scotland since it’s much more mountainous. Turns out, the Scottish Mountain Rescue Statistics report can be found [here](https://www.scottishmountainrescue.org/facts-and-statistics/). A pretty interesting read.
Slightly surprised that no one needed rescuing from the North Downs.
This is just a map of where mountains are lol.
They’re all mostly in mountainous areas. Coincidence? Or something more sinister?
No one dies in southern England Jeremy!
It’s worth noting that they are all voluntary and receive no funding from central government, they make use of a wide array of skills from people who could very easily have a nice night in bed rather than going out and rescuing people.
I know a few people in a couple of different teams and they have put a huge amount of effort into the wider Mountaineering community over several years.
Essex has been a bit quiet….
odd that 2020 was very nearly average when we were locked down for 3+months.
Must have been lots of eyesight that needed checking
Just to fk with people I would have put one spot in Norfolk.
We’re not calling Mountain Rescue, we’re not gonna be two of those idiots you hear about who go up mountains in flip-flops and sombreros and have to get rescued.
Mountain Rescue is more active in mountainous areas than flat ones? Colour me surprised.
Pidley Mountain Rescue waiting for their moment.
Nice to see canterbury keeping up its enviable safety record!
Used to live near a guy in Holme Valley mountain rescue. There aren’t any actual mountains, but my god some of the hills get bleak in bad weather. The number of times they had to go out at 7pm in December in a howling gale because someone thought Holme Moss looked nice at 10am and set off up it in a cagoule and trainers took the piss.
You northerners and Welsh people need to be taught in the arts of safely climbing mountains, look at the midlands, east and south, we never need call outs. They should call us mountain goats
If Ibiza mad lads in flip flops could stop attempting to climb mountains, that’d be great, thanks. A lot of incredible, selfless **volunteers** have hundreds of hours of their lives wasted by **completely** avoidable emergencies, and you may well lose your own life altogether.
There are plenty of resources both online and offline if you want to learn how to be responsible and safe. There is absolutely no excuse for not doing so. Literally just google it.
Disclaimer: Rescue teams have a policy of never “attacking” the victim, lest it discourage future people from calling out rescue when they need it – a very wise policy. Obviously, if you do end up needing rescue for **any** reason, **call them** – that’s what they’re there for, they’ll be lovely and they’ll look after you. But before you go out on a trip (and during!), please consider whether you are being responsible, and whether you are taking unnecessary risks. Consider that in many cases, a rescue operation involves rescuers putting their own lives at risk, whether that be from inclement weather, working at great heights, or carrying out heli winch lifts. They will all be **more than happy** to take such risks whenever needed, but try not to give them an extra reason to if you don’t have to!
*“There are old mountaineers and there are bold mountaineers, but there are no old, bold mountaineers.”*
So the excuse my mum gave us that she’d been out drinking with the Norfolk Mountain Rescue Team was a lie! (RIP Mum!)
People in the South of England clearly know how to mountaineer safely.
We had one in Peterborough recently. Someone tripped over a speed bump and couldn’t get up again.
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Well, you’d hardly get them in East Anglia
(Our lowland rescue teams however…)
Who on earth is getting lost up a mountain in Birmingham?
Another quiet day for the Lincolnshire mountain rescue team.
Lake District man. Oh boy. I climbed Scarfel Pike at 6pm mid November, with a few mates. Maybe 5/10 feet of visibility! Looking back it was a crazy thing to do, took us about 4 hours to get up it and about an hour or two back down. It was snowing like crazy, and I totally lost my cool at the top demanding we all went down before we get stuck up there in the blizzard, so we decided the best way way was to “ski” down in the slippery snow using our walking aids as ski sticks. Loads of fun, absolutely brain dead stupid considering the conditions. My friend had this stupid idea of going up on the right side which to our luck a mountain guide walking our way politely told us, “don’t do that. Just stick to the path, and can I know your names lads” we asked why and he said, “if it comes on the news yous are missing I know where to find you all, come in the pub before you leave, so I know yous made down safe”
This reminds me of the type of maps you see on r/peopleliveincities but the mountain version.
Londoners finding their own way home unaided.
I broke my leg in 2020 whilst hiking and had to get mountain rescued, they are all volunteers and absolutely amazing! I donate to them on a monthly basis because of it
Can’t believe The Fens is so low. *Boom boom.*
Wait till see where the coast guard is called too
I was curious what the map would look like for Scotland since it’s much more mountainous. Turns out, the Scottish Mountain Rescue Statistics report can be found [here](https://www.scottishmountainrescue.org/facts-and-statistics/). A pretty interesting read.
Slightly surprised that no one needed rescuing from the North Downs.
This is just a map of where mountains are lol.
They’re all mostly in mountainous areas. Coincidence? Or something more sinister?
No one dies in southern England Jeremy!
It’s worth noting that they are all voluntary and receive no funding from central government, they make use of a wide array of skills from people who could very easily have a nice night in bed rather than going out and rescuing people.
I know a few people in a couple of different teams and they have put a huge amount of effort into the wider Mountaineering community over several years.
Essex has been a bit quiet….
odd that 2020 was very nearly average when we were locked down for 3+months.
Must have been lots of eyesight that needed checking
Just to fk with people I would have put one spot in Norfolk.
We’re not calling Mountain Rescue, we’re not gonna be two of those idiots you hear about who go up mountains in flip-flops and sombreros and have to get rescued.
Mountain Rescue is more active in mountainous areas than flat ones? Colour me surprised.
Pidley Mountain Rescue waiting for their moment.
Nice to see canterbury keeping up its enviable safety record!
Used to live near a guy in Holme Valley mountain rescue. There aren’t any actual mountains, but my god some of the hills get bleak in bad weather. The number of times they had to go out at 7pm in December in a howling gale because someone thought Holme Moss looked nice at 10am and set off up it in a cagoule and trainers took the piss.
You northerners and Welsh people need to be taught in the arts of safely climbing mountains, look at the midlands, east and south, we never need call outs. They should call us mountain goats
If Ibiza mad lads in flip flops could stop attempting to climb mountains, that’d be great, thanks. A lot of incredible, selfless **volunteers** have hundreds of hours of their lives wasted by **completely** avoidable emergencies, and you may well lose your own life altogether.
There are plenty of resources both online and offline if you want to learn how to be responsible and safe. There is absolutely no excuse for not doing so. Literally just google it.
Disclaimer: Rescue teams have a policy of never “attacking” the victim, lest it discourage future people from calling out rescue when they need it – a very wise policy. Obviously, if you do end up needing rescue for **any** reason, **call them** – that’s what they’re there for, they’ll be lovely and they’ll look after you. But before you go out on a trip (and during!), please consider whether you are being responsible, and whether you are taking unnecessary risks. Consider that in many cases, a rescue operation involves rescuers putting their own lives at risk, whether that be from inclement weather, working at great heights, or carrying out heli winch lifts. They will all be **more than happy** to take such risks whenever needed, but try not to give them an extra reason to if you don’t have to!
*“There are old mountaineers and there are bold mountaineers, but there are no old, bold mountaineers.”*
So the excuse my mum gave us that she’d been out drinking with the Norfolk Mountain Rescue Team was a lie! (RIP Mum!)
People in the South of England clearly know how to mountaineer safely.
We had one in Peterborough recently. Someone tripped over a speed bump and couldn’t get up again.