"J.Poyner"wrote Heading up into the hills with a forecast like that too
true....."more the
fool you"......spare a thought for the poor guys who would have had to
carry
you down as they end up doing most weekends in the Highlands with
over-enthusiastic climbers ignoring quite serious weather forecasts.

I agree with the later post that pointed-out that the vast majority of all
climbers are perfectly responsible and cause no problems to the tax-payer
or emergency services.

A bit like the 99.9% of cyclists, rugby and football players, potholers,
anglers, canoeists, flyers, swimmers, bungee-jumpers, DIYers, and (yes
it's true) gardeners. It's the 0.1% that cost us all money in
rescuing/treating them etc.

Unruly football "fans", like habitual drunks, have a far worse record in
being an unnecessary drain on the emergency services, I think.


- Tom.