Will Hand wrote:
" cupra" wrote in message
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Steven Briggs wrote:
In message , Peter Ashby
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See

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/n...re/4293141.stm

Complete Wuss.
If he walked to the top of the hill "to keep in touch with the
police", he could have walked down to the nearest farmhouse /
village / village pub and spent the night in comfort. Complete waste
resources to rescue a fit, healthy man from a bit of snow.

Walking to the 'nearest' farmhouse / village / pub in a blizzard is
one of the worst things you can do! Repeatedly walking to the top of
the hill was foolhardy as well, once he'd contacted the authorities.


Yep unless you know where you are going and how far, the advice up
here has always been to stay put, find the best shelter you can and
call for information on weather conditions and to tell people where
you are and then rationally plan the next course of action together.
If you are injured then you should call the rescue services. Walking
in a genuine blizzard is a sure way of cooling the body rapidly, mild
hypothermia soon sets in unless you are wearing proper arctic
clothing and then you lose the ability to think and reason and start
wandering aimlessly getting colder and colder and then - you lose
consciousness and die.

There have been a few deaths on Dartmoor over the years, even in
summer, due to people being outside in driving rain with insufficient
protection (tent or clothing).

As soon as I move down to Devon, I'm planning a few trips over the moors -
fully attired and with all navigation aids I hasten to add.

I remember a programme a few years ago where they rescued a tourist from Ben
Nevis - he'd set out in warm sunshine wearing shorts, t shirt and trainers
(no rucksack with waterproofs etc.) without reading the weather
forecast.....