Originally Posted by
Lefty
Many years ago in the Edale Skyline race in particularly bad weather I collapsed unconscious near to the checkpoint at Edale Cross. I was young and inexperienced in those days and clearly didn't understand the early symptoms of hypothermia or Exposure as it was called in those days. Luckily I was spotted going down by the checkpoint marshals who were the local MRt. When I came to I was inside a tent in a sleeping bag with another person in the bag with me warming me up. I was then taken down Jacobs Ladder strapped into a stretcher.Not a pleasant experience. Back at the hall the place was like a war zone with lots of people there in various stages of distress.
Inexperience and a lack of proper knowledge nearly cost me my life on that occasion. Experience is something that is hard earned but knowledge is something that can be gained by study etc or better still by speaking to others.