In reply to bouldery bits:
Actually it's not as bad as it sounds dogsbodying in January! You're snug in a sleeping bag, in a bivvy bag, with a karrimat under you, plenty of warm layers, a flask, snacks, good music on the phone, a radio just in case, and some poor handler's plodding, slipping and sliding round the hillside with their dog in cr@ppy conditions looking for you :-D
My 'worst' dogsbodying experience was on the Wee Buachaille a few years ago in Feb, with graupel being blasted into my face whenever I poked my nose out of the bivvy bag. I was perched in a stream bed not far from the bealach aware that if I did start dozing off I could end up having an entertaining ride on my karrimat some way down toward the glen. The relief when I heard the SARDA dog in the area was huge, even though I'd only been there for a couple of hours and would never have been left on the hillside! Or was that my 'best' dogsbodying experience?
The feeling when you know you've helped train dogs and handlers that then go on to save lives is amazing. It's the most relaxing way to contribute to mountain safety, commune with nature, and the forced relaxation is an excellent boost too.
ps - I'm the Dogsbodies Rep for SARDA South Wales, if anyone in the area's interested in joining us for a training session to see what we do and try Dogsbodying, drop me a message!