In reply to JamButty:
As someone who was a MRT member and search dog handler (now well retired) I can honestly say that I enjoyed my time in MR. We used to have fun - training and evenings in the pub, it was as much a social thing as a rescue thing, but surely that's what the great outdoors is all about. When it came to the real thing, then we were professional, the levity was kept for afterwards when the job was done. For some though, it was an ego trip. I can remember one relatively new team member having a right grumble when, after we had all turned up at the starting-off point to search for a missing person, the police informed us that they were safe and well. As far as I was concerned, any callout that ended in a person being found unharmed, even at home, was a good thing. Much better than the tragedy of discovering an injured or worse, a dead walker/climber.
I have enjoyed the outdoors for 6 decades and joining the MRT was a way of putting something back. However, I do notice a trend among some teams now of an elitist attitude coming to the fore - posy vehicles, "uniforms" and an attitude towards foolish people that really isn't all that necessary. I'm sure we've all done foolish things on the hills, but have been lucky enough to get away with it!!