 Poster: A snowHead
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Me too. I don't know how RNLI crew go out to people who are obviously getting themselves into bother by being reckless.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| paulhinch wrote: |
| Me too. I don't know how RNLI crew go out to people who are obviously getting themselves into bother by being reckless. |
Because life matters to them and where there's life, there's hope. Because you can (and should) learn from an experience.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| paulhinch wrote: |
| Me too. I don't know how RNLI crew go out to people who are obviously getting themselves into bother by being reckless. |
By that logic, should medics not aid a driver who got into an accident because they were checking their phone?
People make mistakes in judgement all the time. Some are more serious than others, of course, but the reason mountain/sea rescue operations exist is largely because of human error/recklessness.
People who sign up for rescue work know what they are getting into and many love the adrenaline and sense of accomplishment when they make a successful rescue. I worked as an ocean lifeguard for 3 years in the Altantic and yes, people did stupid stuff all the time, but I was glad I had the skills to save them from themselves.
I'm certain that none of the several hundred people I dragged out of rip currents etc didn't go in the water thinking they were being reckless. They either overestimated their abilities or underestimated the conditions.
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@Pasigal, thanks for being one of the ones who stepped up.
I think it's different to a paramedic in a lot of ways.
Firstly, RNLI & Mountain Rescue are volunteers. They're not getting paid to do it. In some cases, they're giving up money to do it as they're walking out of their paid job to go and spend 8 hours at sea. That's mind bendingly admirable.
Secondly, they're putting themselves and their colleagues in harms way to conduct the rescues. It's very rare a paramedic is doing that.
I build websites for a living so I've no concept of the kind of skill and bravery that any of those occupations have except it's loads more than me.
I see it as a bit of a duty not to do anything obviously daft when I'm out doing things I enjoy that'll put people like that (like you) at needless risk.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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It's the fact that someone's having to walk into an avalanche field, find you and dig you out. That's the bit that bothers me.
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I'm sure it's happened, but I've never actually heard of rescuers getting caught in a second avalanche. Generally once a slope has slid it's safe to ski down. Even if not there are usually safe ways to access a point without putting yourself at risk. Also any first aid or avalanche course I've been on its taught the first thing to do is assess the situation and make sure you are not putting yourself in harms way.
I follow high altitude mountaineering a bit and again, I can't remember any case in recent history of a rescuer getting seriously hurt. It's not uncommon to read that rescue attempts are on hold due to bad weather.
While I completely agree that people shouldn't needlessly be putting potential rescuers in danger, I'm just not sure it's that common for rescuers to get seriously hurt. (At least physically I'm sure there must be a toll psychologically). Perhaps this is due to them being professionals and knowing how to avoid putting themselves in danger.
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