In reply to balmybaldwin:
Very true, I get more and more impressed with the increase of call outs for MR. I heard of this incident on the news last night but not the details until i clicked the link here.
It's an ACF group, just happens to be the one I was a member of during my youth. It just goes to show the importance of preparing for the hill climate regardless of the time of year.
I'm an ML now and have taken cadets out regularly in recent years but they aren't allowed to take part without the correct gear, of which they are informed about long before. I often have spare kit in another bag to take as there is always one, or two, no make that three.....
Excellent work by all the services though, my hat is officially doffed!